The state news agency SANA and the Kurdish Hawar news agency, said that the blast was a suicide bombing that targeted a Syrian Kurdish checkpoint. (ANHA via AP) (Associated Press)BEIRUT — An Islamic State suicide bomber targeted a joint convoy of U.S. and allied Kurdish forces in northern Syria on Monday, marking the second attack against U.S. troops in less than a week. He added: “We can confirm a combined U.S. and Syrian partner force convoy was involved” in the suicide bomb attack. Monday’s attack came days after a suicide attack killed 16 people, including two U.S. service members and two American civilians, in the northern Syrian town of Manbij. The Kurdish Hawar news agency, based in northern Syria, said Monday’s blast targeted a Syrian Kurdish checkpoint as a coalition convoy was passing near the town of Shaddadeh.

Source: Washington Post January 21, 2019 01:12 UTC