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Liveblog: June 8 Operation Inherent Resolve briefing with Col. Ryan Dillon

New CJTF-OIR spokesperson, Col. Ryan Dillon, briefs reporters for the first time on coalition actions in Syria and Iraq at around noon Eastern, 5pm BST.

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As it happened

Note the text below may not be verbatim, see the transcript for verbatim quotes.
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Dillon: Yes it was, it was a US aircraft [that shot down the drone]
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Dillon: The attempted strike by the drone was east of At Tanf … [does not say how far] … Regime forces have been located … to the northwest.
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Dillon re SOF in Raqqa: Our forces have to put themselves in the best place … they have been told not to be at the very front … they are supposed to go to the last cover and conceal position …
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Dillon: The drone … we assess that to be a pro-regime … regime drone
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Dillon: We used the de-confliction line. Whether that message makes it all the way down to the driver of the technical vehicle … I cannot say that.
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