Syria

ISIL attacks could undermine US-Syrian security cooperation

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ISIL attacks could undermine US-Syrian security cooperation

On December 13, a joint US-Syrian patrol was shot by a member of the Syrian security forces near Palmyra, a city in central Syria once controlled by the ISIL (ISIS) group. Two American soldiers and an interpreter were shot and four people were wounded, before Syrian forces killed the gunman. In the wake of the … Read more

The attacker who killed US troops in Syria was recently recruited into the security forces, the official says

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The attacker who killed US troops in Syria was recently recruited into the security forces, the official says

BEIRUT (AP) — A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three American citizens joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions he may be affiliated with the Islamic State group, a Syrian official told The Associated Press on Sunday. Saturday’s attack … Read more