DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:30 P.M.) – The U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers killed in Jordan this month were part of a CIA program to train Syrian rebels, the Washington Post reported today.

The three U.S. military personnel were shot by a Jordanian soldier at a checkpoint outside the Prince Faysal Airbase in the southern city of Jafr.

“The Nov. 4 slayings of three soldiers is believed to be the deadliest single incident involving a CIA team since December 2009, when seven officers and contractors were killed in a suicide bombing Khost, Afghanistan,” the Washington Post added.

CIA operations in Jordan have taken place for quite some time now, with several of their operatives reportedly training and providing military intelligence to Syrian rebel groups fighting the Syrian government forces.

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