President Donald Trump said the United States will retaliate after three U.S. military personnel – two Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter – were killed by a suspected Islamic State attacker. The U.S. military said the attacker targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces.

Two U.S. service members and one American civilian interpreter were killed in an ambush in central Syria on Saturday, December 13, 2025, according to U.S. Central Command. Three additional service members were wounded in the attack,

President Donald Trump says "there will be very serious retaliation" after two members of the Iowa Army National Guard and one American civilian were killed in an attack in Syria that the United States blames on the Islamic State group.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth revealed that the “savage” behind the deaths of two American soldiers and an interpreter has been killed. Assistant to the Secretary of […]

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.

United States President Donald Trump said Saturday that “there will be very serious retaliation” after two US service members and one American civilian were killed in an attack in Syria that the United States blames on the Islamic State (IS) group.

The U.S. has hundreds of troops deployed in eastern Syria as part of a coalition fighting the Islamic State group.