The attack on US troops in Syria was the first with fatalities since the fall of President Bashar Assad a year ago.

The incident is the first to be reported since Islamist-led forces overthrew Bashar al-Assad last year then rekindled ties with the US.

The Department of War told Fox News Digital it is aware of reports that American troops have come under fire Saturday in the central Syrian town of Palmyra.

An assailant opened fire at Syrian and U.S. 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. The shooting took place near Palmyra,

Several Syrian and American soldiers were reportedly wounded when shots were fired at a joint military delegation in Palmyra in central Syria on Saturday. | TAG24