An American citizen fighting for a hardline group carried out a deadly suicide bombing in Syria, US officials confirmed yesterday, in the first such case in the war.
The State Department did not identify the man, said to have been behind a truck bombing on Sunday in the northern province of Idlib, but acknowledged concerns about the flow of foreign fighters into Syria.
“I can confirm that this individual was a US citizen involved in a suicide bombing in Syria. We don’t have further information beyond that to share at this time,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
The man went by the alias Abu Hurayra Al-Amriki, which translates as “The American,” she added.
