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flag ISIS militant kills 3 U.S. personnel in ambush near Palmyra, Syria, prompting vow of retaliation.

flag On December 13, 2025, a lone ISIS gunman killed two U.S. soldiers and a U.S. interpreter in an ambush near Palmyra, Syria, during counter-terrorism operations, with three other U.S. service members wounded. flag President Trump vowed "very serious retaliation," calling the attack an assault on both the U.S. and Syria, and stated Syria’s interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was devastated. flag The gunman, reportedly a Syrian security official with extremist ties, was killed. flag The U.S. maintains about 900 troops in eastern Syria, and the attack marks the first U.S. fatality there since Bashar Assad’s fall in December 2024.

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