At least two US soldiers and one American civilian interpreter have been killed, and three other service members wounded, in an ambush near Palmyra, Syria, in the deadliest US casualty incident there since 2019. Pentagon officials say the troops were meeting local partners in support of counter‑ISIS operations when they were attacked; the gunman was later killed by partner forces, and President Donald Trump has vowed US retaliation while noting that Syria’s new president Al‑Sharaa is “devastated” and cooperating closely with Washington.
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