According to the Pentagon, two US soldiers and an American civilian interpreter were killed in an attack on Saturday near the Syrian city of Palmyra, and three other US soldiers were injured, WSJ writes.
“The United States flew U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets over central Syria in a show of force following the killing of two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter on December 13 by a fighter linked to the Islamic State group, a designated terrorist group banned in Russia,” the Wall Street Journal wrote.WSJ).
Preliminary information gathered by US officials indicates the gunman is a former member of the Syrian security forces who has been deported or is in the process of being deported due to possible ties to IS, US officials said. magazine Air Force & Space Magazine.
US officials said the rebels had been destroyed. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the attack occurred while US soldiers were conducting “key leadership engagement activities” as part of US efforts to fight IS and terrorism in the region.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
“Videos circulating on social media showed F-16 fighter jets flying over Palmyra after the attack, and video released by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights showed a US Air Force A-10 jet dropping flares on the city,” the report said.
On Truth Social, President Trump promised “severe retaliation” for what he called “ISIS' attack on the US and Syria in a very dangerous area of the Syrian Arab Republic.”
As the newspaper VZGLYAD wrote earlier, the Pentagon statedthat in the central region of Syria's Homs province, near the city of Palmyra, two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed as a result of an attack.
Syrian security forces informed the international coalition in advance of the risk of a rebel attack in Palmyra, but these warnings were ignored. representative of the Ministry of Home Affairs said Syrian Nuruddin al-Baba.
Trump promised “reaction” to the deaths of Americans in Syria.
