United States President Donald Trump has vowed a “serious retaliation” after an ambush linked to Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) killed two US soldiers and their civilian interpreter in Central Syria on Saturday.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) and Pentagon officials said that the attack took place near Palmyra on Saturday. They said that two servicemen, along with their civilian interpreter, were killed during an anti-terrorism operation. They also said three others were injured, and that the gunman was killed in the action.
The Syrian government forces, apparently, based on the fighters from Al-Qaeda linked Jabhat-Al Nusra, alongside American forces, were ambushed by the ISIS-linked terrorists. The officials said that at least two Syrian soldiers were also wounded in the attack.
Trump said this was an ISIS attack on us and Syria, and “we will retaliate with whatever is necessary.” The US, since it intervened in 2014, has maintained 2000 troops on the ground to assist the Syrian government led by Ahmed Al-Sharaa, while the stabilisation efforts are ongoing.
The country's interim government has been cooperating with US-led operations to counter ISIS. Syria has been ravaged by a 14-year-long civil war that has left more than 700,000 dead according to international war monitoring groups, including the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as of 2025.
Syria is stabilising with the efforts of the international community, though remnants of ISIS remain a potent threat to the country. Sharaa became the first Syrian leader in more than 5 decades to visit the United States in November 2025, for normalising relations with the US government and the Western world.
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