The Jerusalem Post reports: “The Islamic State group said the killing of US Pentagon personnel in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra was a ‘blow’ to US forces and Syrian armed factions opposed to it, in its first public comment on the incident.

Two US Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed on Saturday when an attacker targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces in Palmyra before being shot dead, the US military said. Three US soldiers were wounded.

In an article published on its Telegram channel on Thursday, the Islamic State accused the United States and its Syrian-based allies of forming a single front against it. It used religious language to frame the assault as a decisive moment intended to dispel doubt among its supporters, but did not explicitly claim responsibility…”