US EditionTwo U.S. Soldiers, American Civilian Interpreter Killed in Attack in Syria
The ambush by a lone ISIS gunman killed two U.S. soldiers and one civilian interpreter during counterterrorism operations; three others were wounded, U.S. Central Command said.
- On Saturday, U.S. Central Command said two U.S. service members and one American civilian interpreter were killed in an ambush near Palmyra by a lone Islamic State member.
- Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the soldiers were conducting a key leader engagement supporting counterterrorism when the ambush struck a joint U.S.-Syrian patrol, after Damascus joined the anti-ISIS coalition last month.
- Helicopters evacuated the wounded to the al-Tanf garrison near the Iraq-Jordan border, where U.S. troops are deployed, while Syrian state news agency SANA said U.S. and Syrian personnel were wounded amid conflicting attacker identity reports.
- Central Command said identities of the deceased will be withheld for 24 hours after families are notified, while U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed on X to pursue the attackers.
- The attack, the first since Assad's fall a year ago, is under active investigation, Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Parnell said, while the U.N. says IS still has 5,000 to 7,000 fighters.
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US President Donald Trump warned on Saturday of 'very serious retaliation' after three Americans - two soldiers and a civilian - were killed in an ambush in Syria. The Republican leader blamed the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for the ambush and said the attack has also left his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa 'extremely angry'. "We mourn the loss of three Great American Patriots in Syria, two soldiers, and one Civilian Interpreter,"…
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