A car bombing Monday against a joint US-SDF military convoy in
northeastern Syria was the second time in the past week that US troops
have come under attack in a bombing attack. The Pentagon say that there were no US casualties this time.
The attack saw a suicide car bomber approach the convoy at a checkpoint
and detonated. At least five Kurdish SDF fighters were reported killed
in the attack. This has been no claim of responsibility yet, though the
expectation is that this was an ISIS strike.
ISIS did report that a suicide bomber hit the convoy is their own news
agency’s report, but did not elaborate. The SDF reported only “material
damage” in the bombing initially, though later reports confirmed the
deaths.
The belief is that the attack was intended to target US forces in the
patrol, as locals say that the site of the bombing, on the outskirts of
Shadadi town, was a frequent place for US convoys to pass by.
US Troops Targeted in Second Northeast Syria Bombing
Five Kurdish fighters reported slain in attack on joint convoy
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