State Department says U.S. citizen was suicide bomber in Syria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday confirmed that an American citizen carried out a suicide bombing in Syria. The bomber, who called himself Abu Hurayra al-Amriki, carried out one of four suicide bombings on May 25 in Syria's Idlib province on behalf of Jabhat al-Nusra, al Qaeda's affiliate fighting to oust the government of President Bashar al-Assad. "I can confirm this individual was a U.S. citizen involved in a suicide bombing in Syria," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said at a news briefing. (Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Will Dunham)