Three U.S. military personnel — two army soldiers and a civilian interpreter — were killed on Saturday after an attacker targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces, the U.S. military said.

Three other U.S. soldiers were wounded, the military's Central Command said.

In a statement, Central Command said the attack by a lone gunman occurred "as the soldiers were conducting a key leader engagement" in the central Syrian town of Palmyra. "Partner forces" killed the attacker, U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth wrote in a social media post.

The attacker was a member of the Syrian security forces, three local officials told Reuters. A Syrian interior ministry spokesperson told a state-run television channel that the man did not have a leadership role in the security forces.

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