US EditionAttacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces, official says
The attacker, a recent Syrian security forces recruit and alleged former ISIS member, killed two National Guard members and one civilian, prompting arrests of suspected co-conspirators.
- On Saturday, a gunman stormed a meeting near Palmyra, killing two members of the Iowa National Guard and an American civilian interpreter, the Syrian Interior Ministry said the attacker was Tariq Satouf al-Hamd.
- Amid rapid recruiting after last year's offensive, the attacker was among 5,000 members in the Badiya division whom Syrian officials monitored and planned to dismiss for `extremist Islamist ideology`, Interior Ministry spokesperson Nour al-Din al-Baba said.
- Following the attack, security forces launched sweeps in the Badiya region and arrested six General Security personnel suspected of coordination, while reports say three wounded Syrian security members clashed with the attacker in the corridor meeting room at the General Security headquarters.
- The episode complicates expanding U.S.-Syrian ties as Syria joined the global anti-ISIS coalition, but HTS and some forces have Islamist roots, exposing U.S. forces to insider risks.
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Gunman Who Killed Three Americans in Syria Was Member of Syrian Government's Security Forces
The gunman who killed two members of the Iowa National Guard and an American civilian interpreter in an attack in Palmyra, central Syria, on Saturday was a member of the Syrian government's security forces, according to the Syrian Interior Ministry. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) first reported that…
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Attacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces, official says
A Syrian security guard who attacked and killed three U.S. citizens in Syria had joined the internal security forces two months earlier.
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Attacker who killed U.S. troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces, official says
BEIRUT — A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions that he might be affiliated with the Islamic State group, a Syrian official told The Associated Press on Sunday. Read more...
Correspondent Kim Gye-yeon = The gunman who killed three Americans, including a U.S. soldier, in Syria was scheduled to be fired from the Syrian government military, Syrian authorities announced on the 14th (local time). According to AP, AFP, and other news agencies, Syrian Interior Ministry spokesman Nour Eddin al-Baba
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