{"id":60948,"date":"2025-12-13T17:02:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T17:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/2-u-s-soldiers-and-civilian-killed-others-wounded-after-assailant-shot-at-u-s-syrian-patrol-in-syria-pentagon-says\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T17:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T17:02:59","slug":"2-u-s-soldiers-and-civilian-killed-others-wounded-after-assailant-shot-at-u-s-syrian-patrol-in-syria-pentagon-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/2-u-s-soldiers-and-civilian-killed-others-wounded-after-assailant-shot-at-u-s-syrian-patrol-in-syria-pentagon-says\/","title":{"rendered":"2 U.S. soldiers and civilian killed, others wounded after assailant shot at U.S.-Syrian patrol in Syria, Pentagon says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Two U.S. Army soldiers and a U.S. civilian who was serving as an interpreter were killed after shots were fired at U.S. and Syrian forces during a visit to a historic central town in Syria on Saturday, U.S. military officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a post on X that the attack occurred as the soldiers were conducting a &#8220;key leader engagement.&#8221; He said three other service members were injured in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their mission was in support of on-going counter-ISIS \/ counter-terrorism operations in the region,&#8221; he said, adding that the soldiers&#8217; names, as well as identifying information about their units, will be withheld until 24 hours after the next of kin notification. &#8220;This attack is currently under active investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Central Command said the attack was a &#8220;result of an ambush by a lone ISIS gunman in Syria,&#8221; and that the &#8220;gunman was engaged and killed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has hundreds of troops deployed in eastern Syria as part of a coalition fighting the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/islamic-state-caliphate-10th-anniversary-iraq-syria-e25a9ca36ef9c0ed8f743ac9584d50f9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Islamic State<\/a>\u00a0group.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Syria joined the international coalition fighting against ISIS as Damascus improved its relations with Western countries following last year&#8217;s fall of President\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/syrian-insurgents-enter-damascus-bashar-assad-flees-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Bashar al-Assad<\/a><\/span>\u00a0when insurgents captured his seat of power in Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. had no diplomatic relations with Syria under Assad, but ties have warmed since the fall of the five-decade Assad family rule. The interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, made a\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-syria-president-al-sharaa-us-terrorist-designation-lifted-sanctions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">historic visit<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to Washington last month, where he held talks with President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>ISIS was defeated in Syria in 2019 but the group&#8217;s sleeper cells still carry out deadly attacks in the country. The United Nations says the group still has between 5,000 and 7,000 fighters in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. troops, which have maintained a presence in different parts of Syria \u2014 including Al-Tanf garrison in the central province of Homs \u2014 to train other forces as part of a broad campaign against IS, have been targeted in the past. 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