""The gunman was engaged and killed," CENTCOM added. A component of the US Defense Department, CENTCOM is in charge of defending and promoting American interests in the Middle East and Central and South Asia. Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said the soldiers in Palmyra were conducting a "key leader engagement" in support of anti-IS and counterterrorism operations in the region."
"In a post on his Truth Social platform, US President Donald Trump said, "we mourn the loss of three Great American Patriots in Syria." Trump said the area where the attack occurred was "very dangerous" and added that Syrian President Ahmad Sharaa is "extremely angry and disturbed by this attack." "There will be very serious retaliation," Trump added. IS attacker was member of security forces, Syrian government says"
Two US service members and a civilian interpreter were killed and three other service members wounded in an ambush by a lone gunman affiliated with the Islamic State in central Syria. CENTCOM said the gunman was engaged and killed. Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said the soldiers in Palmyra were conducting a key leader engagement supporting anti-IS and counterterrorism operations; names and unit identifiers will be withheld until 24 hours after next-of-kin notifications and an investigation is underway. US officials, including the secretary of defense and the president, vowed retaliation and condemned the attack.
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