December 2025: TRUMP PRESIDENCY Trump vows "we will retaliate" after 2 U.S. soldiers and civilian killed in attack on U.S.-Syrian patrol in Syria

Trump vows "we will retaliate" after 2 U.S. soldiers and civilian killed in attack on U.S.-Syrian patrol in Syria
"Two U.S. Army soldiers and a U.S. civilian who was serving as an interpreter were killed after shots were fired at U.S. and Syrian forces on a mission to a historic central town in Syria on Saturday, U.S. military officials said. President Trump said Sunday that there will be

a "very serious retaliation" after the attack, which he attributed to the Islamic State.
"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," Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Saturday. "The President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is extremely angry and disturbed by this attack. There will be very serious retaliation."
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a post on X that the attack occurred as the soldiers were conducting a "key leader engagement." He said three other service members were injured in the incident.
"Their mission was in support of on-going counter-ISIS / counter-terrorism operations in the region," he said, adding that the soldiers' names, as well as identifying information about their units, will be withheld until 24 hours after the next of kin notification. "This attack is currently under active investigation."
U.S. Central Command said the attack was a "result of an ambush by a lone ISIS gunman in Syria," and that the "gunman was engaged and killed." 

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