WASHINGTON—Three U.S. Army Green Berets were killed and two others were wounded in an ambush in Niger, marking the first U.S. troops deaths there in support of local forces battling jihadist elements. The Americans, members of the Army’s Special Forces, were attacked near the Niger-Mali border Wednesday during a patrol as part of a mission to train local forces there, a U.S. defense official said. President...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 05, 2017 01:07 UTC