US military says the strikes are in response to an ISIL ambush that killed three American personnel in Palmyra.


Zaheena is an editor at Al Jazeera English, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was part of a team that won an Edward R Murrow Award in 2024 for ...breaking news coverage of Israel's war on Gaza. She was also the recipient of Index on Censorship's Freedom of Expression Award in 2017 and a nominee for Reporters Without Borders' Press Freedom Award in 2016.
US military says the strikes are in response to an ISIL ambush that killed three American personnel in Palmyra.

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