ISIS Kills American Soldiers in Syria

The Fellowship | January 16, 2019

TOPSHOT-IRAQ-US-KURDS-DIPLOMACY-POLITICS — TOPSHOT - US Army helicopter crew members look out of their Chinook helicopter as they fly from the US Embassy to Baghdad International airport, following the helicopter of US secretary of State Mike Pompeo, over the Iraqi capital Baghdad on January 9, 2019. - The eight-day tour comes weeks after the US President announced that the United States would quickly pull its 2,000 soldiers out of Syria, declaring that IS -- also known as ISIS -- had been defeated. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images)

The Islamic State (ISIS) has again targeted Americans in the Middle East. The Jerusalem Post reports that U.S. troops were killed when an ISIS suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest targeted their patrol in northern Syria:

A blast struck near a US-led coalition patrol in Syria’s northern Manbij on Wednesday, a witness and the Manbij Military Council militia that holds the town said.

The witness said a suicide attacker had targeted the patrol and the militia group said on Facebook that there was preliminary information of injuries. A war monitor said 16 people had been killed.

Four US soldiers were killed and three wounded in a blast on Wednesday in the Syrian town of Manbij, a US official said. The coalition said in a tweet it was still gathering information. The coalition, in its tweet, said its forces had conducted “a routine patrol in Syria” on Wednesday…