📰 France condemns terrorist attack in Palmyra, calls for international cooperation

Paris, Dec. 15 (SANA) France strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Palmyra, Homs countryside, which resulted in casualties among US and Syrian security troops. “France expresses its condolences to families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to the wounded. It also affirms solidarity with the US authorities, who are part of the international coalition against ISIS, and with the Syrian authorities,” the French Foreign Ministry stated in a statement.

The statement stressed that France will continue to combat terrorism in all its forms, calling for close cooperation between the international community and Syria to achieve this goal, in a way that serves common security interests and enhances the stability of the region. An ISIS terrorist infiltrated Saturday a meeting in Palmyra that included authorities from the security command in the Syrian Desert and a delegation from the international coalition troops. He opened fire on the joint Syrian-US forces, killing two US soldiers and a civilian interpreter, and wounding other Americans and Syrian security personnel.

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