A U.S. service member has died after being wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in northern Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on November 24, marking the first time a member of the U.S. military has been killed in the current conflict in the war-torn country. The man was wounded by the explosion in the vicinity of Ayn Issa 50 km far from Raqqa, Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend, commander of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said.
