US EditionTrump Vows Retaliation After ISIS Kills 3 Americans in Syria
- On Dec 13, an attacker struck a mixed American-Syrian convoy in Palmyra, killing two US Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter before the attacker was shot dead.
- Syria's Interior Ministry said the assailant was a member of Syrian security forces suspected of sympathising with Islamic State and had been assessed days before the attack as possibly extremist.
- Syria's Interior Ministry said its units in Palmyra carried out an operation that arrested five suspects linked to the shooting, coordinating with international coalition forces as troops stood outside suspects' houses.
- On Dec 14, Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke by phone with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani, who offered condolences and reiterated Syria's commitment to degrade ISIS, State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said.
- Recent months of coalition air strikes and ground operations, often with Syrian forces, followed Syria's November arrests of more than 70 people in cooperation with the US-led coalition after President Ahmed al-Sharaa's White House visit.
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Trump Vows ‘Retaliation’ After ISIS Kills Three Americans in Syria
Mark Schiefelbein/APPresident Donald Trump over the weekend promised retaliation against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, after the reported deaths of three American citizens, including two soldiers, in a late night attack in Syria.“This was an ISIS attack against the U.S., and Syria, in a very dangerous part of Syria, that is not fully controlled by them,” Trump posted to Truth Social Saturday. “The President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is…
President Trump Delivers Remarks on Recent Mass Sh**tings
What a wild, tragic weekend it has been. On Saturday, two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in an ambush attack by ISIS in Syria. Then, that evening, a gunman attacked Brown University, killing at least two students and injuring nine others. Finally, this morning, another mass shooting took place in Australia, when an Islamic terrorist opened fire on a Jewish gathering. President Trump just responded to all of these recent act…
Two U.S Troops Killed in Deadly Syria ISIS Attack Identified as Iowa National Guard Soldiers: ‘Great American Patriots’
Two Iowa National Guard soldiers and an American civilian interpreter were killed Saturday in a deadly ISIS ambush in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, according to reports. The post Two U.S Troops Killed in Deadly Syria ISIS Attack Identified as Iowa National Guard Soldiers: ‘Great American Patriots’ appeared first on Slay News.
Three Americans Killed in Palmyra
Syria’s interior ministry described a gunman who killed three Americans near Palmyra—the first fatal attack on U.S. troops under Syria’s new leadership—as a member of the Syrian security forces who was due to be dismissed for holding extremist views. Two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed on Saturday, December 13th, when an attacker opened fire on a joint U.S.-Syrian patrol during a U.S.-backed counter-terrorism operation. The …
Syrian Who Killed Americans was Part of Security Forces
Syria's interior ministry said Sunday the gunman who killed three Americans in the central Palmyra region the previous day was a member of the security forces who was to have been fired for extremism. Two US troops and a civilian interpreter died in what the Syrian government described as a "terrorist attack" on Saturday, while Washington said it had been carried out by an ISIS militant who was then killed.
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