Insider Attack in Syria Exposes Dangerous Security Failures Threatening American Troops

On a grim day near Palmyra, Syria, three U.S. citizens—two service members and one civilian—were brutally killed by an attacker who had infiltrated the very security forces tasked with guarding them. This deadly incident is not an isolated misstep; it is a glaring symptom of the dangerously hasty and ill-conceived cooperation between Washington and Damascus. How Did Our Trusted 'Partners' Become Threats? The gunman was no foreign combatant sneaking through the desert but a recently enlisted member of Syria’s internal security forces. Recruited amid manpower shortages following Bashar Assad’s unexpected fall, this man was suspected of affiliations with the Islamic...