2 U.S. service members and 1 civilian are killed in ISIS attack in Syria

A police vehicle of the interim Syrian government moves through a street in Palmyra in central Syria on Feb. 7. On Saturday, two U.S. service members and one U.S. civilian were killed in Palmyra after an ambush by an ISIS gunman, U.S. officials said.

The attack, which took place in the city of Palmyra, comes a year after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the lifting of U.S. sanctions.

(Image credit: Omar Haj Kadour)