Alikhbariah said the coalition ignored warnings about the attack in Palmyra.

The military of the international coalition did not respond to warnings about a possible militant attack in the Palmyra area, said Syrian Interior Ministry spokesman Noureddin al-Bab. This was reported on December 13 by the Alikhbariah TV channel.

"Warnings about a possible security breach were transmitted prior to the incident," the publication clarifies.

According to him, the Internal Security Command informed the partner forces in the Badiya region in advance about the likely threat from the "Islamic State" (IS, the organization is recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation — Ed.), but these data were not taken into account.

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The attack on American and Syrian soldiers in Palmyra was reported by Syria TV on the same day. After the attack, wounded American soldiers were evacuated by helicopters to the US military base Al-Tanf, located in southern Syria.

Later on December 13, the Pentagon announced that two US Army soldiers and one civilian translator had died in Syria during an operation against ISIS.

Also, on December 13, US President Donald Trump promised to take retaliatory actions against the Islamic State group after the deaths of American servicemen in Syria.

In addition, the American leader said that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is extremely "angry and concerned about this attack."

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