internal security forces

ISIL attacks could undermine US-Syrian security collaboration

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ISIL attacks could undermine US-Syrian security collaboration

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

The attacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to the security forces, an official says

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The attacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to the security forces, an official says

BEIRUT (AP) — A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three American citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security 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 Sunday. Saturday’s … Read more