Two US soldiers and a civilian translator were killed in an ISIS attack in Syria’s Palmyra region, with three others wounded. President Donald Trump vowed “very serious retaliation” as the incident underscores ongoing security challenges in post-Assad Syria.
President Donald Trump vowed retaliation after two U.S. service members and one civilian interpreter were killed in an ISIS-linked ambush in central Syria. The attack, near Palmyra, also wounded three others and marked the first U.S. fatalities since the fall of Bashar Assad.
The terrorist attack was carried out by ISIS gunman, General Kenneth Franklin McKenzie, Commander of the United States Central Command, told reporters at a Pentagon news conference on Thursday
