In Syria, another suicide blast targets US forces and Israel attacks Iranian troops
by Nabih Bulos and Noga Tarnopolsky, Los Angeles Times
Jan 22, 2019
4 minutes
BEIRUT - For the second time in a week, a suicide bomber targeted U.S. forces in Syria. On Monday, a car drove toward a joint U.S.-Kurdish convoy and exploded 11 yards from a checkpoint in the country's northeast.
There were no American casualties, according to a statement from the U.S.-led coalition. One Kurdish policeman was lightly injured, according to a statement from the Kurdish-led militia group.
The attack near the town of Shadadi came as the United States began to draw down its presence in Syria and other countries stepped up their activity there. Israel launched
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