Two troops injured when Marine Osprey crashes in Syria

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Jeff Schogol

An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165 (VMM – 165), Special Purpose Marine Air – Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command, lands during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) Exercise, May 29, 2015. The Marines of VMM – 165 celebrate the unit’s 50th anniversary while deployed with the SPMAGTF; providing long range assault support, troop transport and cargo delivery in the Central Command Area of Operations, as well as support to TRAP. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett White)

Two service members were injured when a Marine MV-22B made a hard landing Friday in Syria, military officials said.

“The two were evaluated for non-life threatening injuries and quickly transported to a medical treatment facility, where they were seen and released,” the task force in charge of operations in Syria and Iraq announced on Friday. “The other passengers and crew on the aircraft were uninjured, and no other casualties were reported on the ground.”

The cause of the crash is under investigation, but no enemy fire was involved in bringing the Osprey down, officials said.

This is a developing story and will be updated.