The shooting happened during a mission by U.S. and Syrian forces in a historic central town near Palmyra on Saturday. President Trump and U.S. military officials attributed the attack to ISIS.

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Two soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed while supporting counterterror operations, the Pentagon said. They are the first U.S. casualties in Syria since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member Jack Reed (D-RI) encouraged a “very aggressive” response to the ISIS attack that killed three Americans, including two U.S. Army soldiers, in Syria on Saturday.

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) on Sunday urged the Trump administration to continue working with the Syrian government to combat ISIS in the wake of an ambush that left two soldiers and one civilian killed in central Syria.

Syrian authorities on Sunday launched a security operation against ISIS (Deash) terrorist cells in the countryside of Homs province, following an attack that killed three Americans near the ancient city of Palmyra, state media reported.

Trump attended the Army-Navy game, vowing “serious retaliation” after an ISIS gunman killed three U.S. personnel in Syria.

U.S. and allied forces came under fire during a tense operation in eastern Syria near Palmyra, leaving multiple soldiers wounded and triggering an immediate aerial response. According to local and coalition sources,