On 16 January 2019,two US troops,along with an American contractor who was a translator,and another US civilian,an intelligence officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency, were killed in the town of Manbij in Northern Syria, when a militant wearing a bomb vest blew himself up as he approached them while they were meeting with local military officers of the Syrian Democratic Forces.Islamic State claimed responsibility for the explosion.Three other US service members were wounded and medivaced to safety.*
The attack took place at the Qasr-al-Umara restaurant,IS said, where US troops sometimes stopped for a meal while on patrol.The monitoring group The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the total death toll at 15.US Soldiers conduct frequent patrols in the strategic Manbij area from their numerous bases.* President Donald Trump's plan to withdraw US forces from Syria has been slowed down since commanders on the ground there informed him that IS was still a threat.Only some equipment has been moved to Iraq from Syria.
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