Syria says gunman behind attack on US troops ‘was to be fired’ from security forces
Sunday, December 14, 2025 11:41 PM
Sunday, December 14th, 2025
Friends + Interlocutors,
Another example of gross and inevitable SNAFU thanks to Washington’s double-dealing, idiotic policy in the Middle East. The Americans murdered in Syria (what the hell are Americans doing in Syria?) were killed by a member or members of the present government of Syria which was installed by the Tel Aviv-Washington Axis.
The leader of Syria is ex-ISIS who not too long ago had a $10 million bounty on his head placed there by the USG for being a Sunni terrorist leader. Now there are placards of this character in Tel Aviv extolling him as a hero. Netanyahu considers him an ally as does Netanyahu’s flunky, Donald Trump, who recently welcomed the man to the White House.
“Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa – formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani – previously served as the deputy to ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi back when the group was known as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI).”
Al-Julani has surfaced as a Sunni good guy because he is not allied with Shiite Iran or Shiite Hezbollah, and is not asking that Israel return to Syria the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Once again, U.S. policy is all about Israel, and not about international law, right or wrong, or sanity.
U.S. policy has turned Syria into a basket case and effectively destroyed it as a nation state. The same was done to Iraq by more direct means. Now Tel Aviv, thanks to Washington, reigns as supreme hegemon of the Middle East, free to bomb and kill with impunity.
At the moment, Lebanon and Gaza are getting hammered. And the West Bank lives under a murderous military occupation without a word of objection from Washington.
Syria says gunman behind attack on US troops ‘was to be fired’ from security forces
Two US soldiers, a US interpreter, and two members of Syrian security forces were killed in the attack, which was carried out by an employee of the Damascus government
The Syrian Interior Ministry said on 14 December that the gunman who killed two US soldiers and an interpreter in Palmyra over the weekend – a member of Damascus’s security forces – was due to be fired for holding extremist views.
Authorities “had decided to fire him” from the security forces for holding “extremist Islamist ideas.” The ministry claimed he was due to be terminated from his position on Sunday.
“We discovered him in December and were going to dismiss him, but we didn’t make it in time because it was a holiday,” claimed ministry spokesman Nour al-Din al-Baba.
“The perpetrator of the Tadmur (Palmyra) attack does not hold any leadership position within the internal security apparatus,” he added.
The attack took place on Saturday during a joint patrol between the US military and Syrian forces. Two US soldiers and a US interpreter were killed, along with two members of the Syria’s security forces.
Three US servicemembers were also injured.
The interior ministry official initially said the attacker had no affiliation with Damascus’s forces, telling Al-Ikhbariya on 13 December that Internal Security command had issued warnings to the US-led coalition forces about a possible ISIS attack, which were not taken into consideration.
Syrian sources told Reuters the attacker was a member of the security forces.
“Two US service members and one US civilian were killed, and three service members were injured, as a result of an ambush by a lone ISIS gunman in Syria,” US CENTCOM said in a statement.
US officials have vowed severe retaliation for the ambush.
“This was an ISIS attack against the US, and Syria, in a very dangerous part of Syria, that is not fully controlled by them. The President of Syria, Ahmad al-Sharaa, is extremely angry and disturbed by this attack. There will be very serious retaliation,” said US President Donald Trump.
“The savage who perpetrated this attack was killed by partner forces. Let it be known, if you target Americans — anywhere in the world — you will spend the rest of your brief, anxious life knowing the US will hunt you, find you, and ruthlessly kill you,” US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said.
Saudi Arabia has also issued a statement condemning the incident as a “terrorist attack.”
Damascus says it is carrying out frequent raids against ISIS. Yet the Syrian army has officially incorporated groups made up of scores of former ISIS militants and commanders.
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa – formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani – previously served as the deputy to ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi back when the group was known as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI).
He was dispatched by Baghdadi in 2011 to enter the war against Assad’s government in Syria, where he took part in the launching of deadly suicide attacks against both security personnel and civilians, before founding the Nusra Front in 2012.
The Nusra Front was rebranded multiple times before becoming Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in late 2017. HTS now makes up the bulk of the new Syrian military, alongside other ISIS and Al-Qaeda-linked factions backed by Turkiye.
Since the fall of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government, Sharaa's government forces have massacred thousands of Alawite and Druze civilians, and have kidnapped scores of young women and girls.
Despite this, Damascus was recently included in the US-led ‘anti-ISIS’ coalition in Syria.
The US House of Representatives passed a bill late on 10 December that includes a repeal of the Caesar Act sanctions, which have devastated Syria for years.
The House passed the bipartisan law with a vote of 312-112. If it passes the Senate, the bill will eventually be signed into law by Trump.
The bill requires a review of the situation in the country every 180 days. The White House would issue frequent reports confirming Damascus is doing its part to combat ISIS and protecting minorities.
Washington could potentially “reimpose sanctions if the president views it necessary,” said Republican representative Brian Mast.
