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The air strikes allegedly targeted the village of Hajin, the last major Islamic State stronghold in Syria, and caused fires, but there was no information about the victims.
Bombs, whose use in civilian areas is prohibited under the Geneva Conventions of 1949, were allegedly dropped by US F-15 combat aircraft.
A spokesman for the pentagon denied that US planes dropped these bombs.
Captain Sean Robertson said, "To date, we have not received any reports regarding the use of white phosphorus.
"None of the military units in the region are even equipped with white phosphorus ammunition of any kind."
Human rights groups said the US-led coalition against the Islamic State had already used many white phosphorus munitions in Syria.
Bombs can create thick white smoke screens and start fires.
Their use in populated areas and against military targets in areas surrounded by civilian populations is prohibited.
Lieutenant-General Vladimir Savchenko commented on the so-called bombings, saying: "After the strikes, large fires were observed in the area.
"There is still no information on the losses caused by the bombing."
Tensions between the United States and Russia have intensified in recent weeks as President Donald Trump prepares for the possibility that Syria will use chemical weapons in a planned assault on Idlib, the last major rebel stronghold.
The Russian Ministry of Defense says that a fake chemical attack will be organized, giving the United States an excuse to start raining bombs.
President Trump warned the Syrian government, as well as Russia and Iran, not to commit a "grave humanitarian mistake" by "recklessly attacking" the rebel enclave.
Syrian and Russian forces resumed airstrikes in the region yesterday, after a Russian-Iran-Turkey summit failed to agree on a ceasefire.
Meanwhile, Russia has conducted naval exercises in the Mediterranean Sea near Syria as part of an action that it believes is a response to the rise of the US military in the region.
