American military vehicles at the Tanf base in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border (File)
Two US Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in an attack on American and Syrian personnel in Syria on Saturday.
Three others were wounded in the attack. The soldiers were conducting a joint patrol amid the Islamic State in the center of the country near the ancient city of Palmyra.
The attacker was killed by Syrian forces. Traffic on the highway between Deir ez-Zor and Damascus was halted, as US combat aircraft flew overhead.
The names of those slain are being withheld until next of kin are notified.
US helicopters evacuated the wounded to the American base at al-Tanf in eastern Syria on the border with Iraq.
