(Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com) An apparently insider attack in the ancient Syrian city of Palmya has left a number of US casualties, after an apparent ISIS infiltrator to the local security forces attacked a joint US-Syrian patrol that was conducting a “field tour” of the area.
The gunmen opened fire on the patrol, and killed two US soldiers and one US civilian. Three additional US soldiers and two Syrian troops were also reported wounded in the incident. The gunmen, who has not been publicly identified, was reportedly killed in the exchange. The attacker has been widely reported as a member of local security forces, without detail, though the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights initially reported him as a member of the security forces. Subsequent Reuters reports also cited officials saying he was a security force member, but not a high-ranking one.
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