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2 US Army soldiers, interpreter killed in Syria ambush attack, Trump warns of 'very serious retaliation'
"President Donald Trump warned Saturday that there will be "very serious retaliation" after a lone Islamic State gunman in Syria killed two U.S. Army soldiers and a U.S. interpreter in an ambush attack.
Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced earlier that the soldiers and interpreter were targeted in the central Syrian town of Palmyra in an attack that left three others wounded. U.S. Central Command said the deaths and injuries were a "result of an ambush by a lone ISIS gunman in Syria."
"We mourn the loss of three Great American Patriots in Syria, two soldiers, and one Civilian Interpreter. Likewise, we pray for the three injured soldiers who, it has just been confirmed, are doing well. 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 wrote on Truth Social.
"The President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is extremely angry and disturbed by this attack. There will be very serious retaliation," he added."
2 US Army soldiers, interpreter killed in Syria ambush attack, Trump warns of 'very serious retaliation'
Two U.S. Army soldiers and a U.S. interpreter were killed Saturday and three others were wounded after they came under attack in Syria, the Pentagon said.