Two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter killed in suspected Islamic State attack in Syria

Three U.S. subject unit — 2 Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter — were killed connected Saturday by a suspected Islamic State attacker who targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces, the U.S. subject said.

Three different U.S. soldiers were wounded, the U.S. military's Central Command said.

In a statement, Central Command said the onslaught by a lone gunman occurred "as the soldiers were conducting a cardinal person engagement" successful the cardinal Syrian municipality of Palmyra. "Partner forces" killed the attacker, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wrote successful a societal media post.

Islamic State did not instantly assertion responsibility, but a elder U.S. authoritative said archetypal assessments bespeak the militant radical astir apt carried retired the attack. It took spot successful an country not controlled by the Syrian government, the authoritative said.

The soldiers' names volition beryllium withheld until 24 hours aft the next-of-kin notification, the U.S. subject said.

Syrian authorities quality bureau SANA quoted a information root arsenic saying 2 Syrian work unit were injured, without providing further details. The root told SANA that American helicopters evacuated the injured to a U.S. basal successful Syria's Al-Tanf portion adjacent the Iraqi border.

Tom Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and peculiar envoy to Syria, condemned the attack.

"We mourn the nonaccomplishment of 3 brave U.S. work members and civilian unit and privation a speedy betterment to the Syrian troops wounded successful the attack," Barrack said successful a statement. "We stay committed to defeating coercion with our Syrian partners."

The onslaught came hardly a period aft Syria announced it had signed a governmental practice statement with the U.S.-led conjugation against Islamic State, which coincided with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's sojourn to the White House.

The conjugation has carried retired aerial strikes and crushed operations successful Syria targeting Islamic State suspects successful caller months, often with the engagement of Syria's information forces. Syria past period besides carried retired a nationwide campaign, arresting much than 70 radical accused of links to the group.

The United States has troops stationed successful northeastern Syria arsenic portion of a decade-long effort to assistance a Kurdish-led unit there.