he ambush near Palmyra, which claimed the lives of two American soldiers — and a civilian interpreter, has abruptly forced Syria back onto the global agenda. For the first time since the fall of the regime of Bashar Assad a year ago, American service members have been killed in the country. This single, brutal act by a lone gunman, identified by U.S. Central Command as an Islamic State operative, serves as a sharp correction to the comfortable narrative of a waning conflict.
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