2 US soldiers and interpreter killed in Syria ambush
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The killing of three Americans during what was said to be a counterterrorism operation in central Syria served as a reminder that U.S. troops are still operating in the country.
Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell posted on X at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, that two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter were killed in Palmyra, Syria while three others were injured. The interpreter was not from Iowa, Osborn confirmed.
US Central Command announced that “two U.S. service members and one U.S. civilian were killed, and three service members were injured, as a result of an ambush by a lone gunman in Syria.” Syrian government officials confirmed reports that said the attacker was a member of the government’s security forces,