"Two US service members and one American civilian have been killed and several other people wounded in an ambush on Saturday by the Islamic State group in central Syria, the US Central Command said. Central Command said in a post on the social media platform X"
"Syria's state media and a war monitor reported earlier on Saturday that shots were fired at Syrian and US forces on Saturday during a visit by American troops to a historic central town. The shooting took place near Palmyra, according to the state-run Sana news agency, which said two members of Syria's security force and several US service members were wounded. The injured were taken by helicopters to the al-Tanf garrison near the border with Iraq and Jordan."
Two US service members and one American civilian were killed and several others wounded in an ambush by the Islamic State in central Syria near Palmyra. US Central Command confirmed the casualties and said identities will be withheld until next of kin are notified per defense policy. Syrian state media and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported shots during an American troop visit; Syrian security personnel and US service members were wounded. The injured were evacuated by helicopter to the al-Tanf garrison. Sana reported the attacker was killed. The US maintains hundreds of troops in eastern Syria while Islamic State sleeper cells remain active.
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