Islamic State group targets US convoy in northeastern Syria
BEIRUT, Lebanon - An Islamic State suicide bomber targeted a joint convoy of the United States and allied Kurdish forces in northern Syria on Monday, marking the second attack against US troops in less than a week and further highlighting the dangers surrounding US plans to withdraw forces after a declaration that the extremist group had been defeated.
The attack happened on a checkpoint on the edge of the town of Shaddadeh in the Hassakeh province, on a road used by local Kurdish fighters and the US-led coalition fighting IS militants near the Iraqi border.
US military Colonel Sean Ryan said there were no casualties among the US-led coalition members. "We can confirm a combined US and Syrian partner force convoy was involved" in the suicide bomb attack, he said.
