Shooting hits US and Syrian troops during Palmyra visit

SHOTS were fired at Syrian and US forces on Saturday during a visit by American troops to a historic central town, leaving several wounded, Syria's state media and a war monitor said.

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The shooting took place near Palmyra, according to the staterun SANA news agency, which said two members of Syria's security force and several US service members were wounded. The injured were taken by helicopters to the al-Tanf garrison near the border with Iraq and Jordan. SANA said the attacker was killed, without providing further details.