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Syria ISI Attack: Two American soldiers and a civilian have been killed in the ISI terrorist attack in Palmyra, Syria, after which America has given a strict warning to the ISI.
14 December, 2025
Syria ISI Attack: The US Army’s Central Command said that a lone member of the Islamic State group carried out an ambush in the central part of Syria on Saturday, killing two US soldiers and an American civilian and wounding three others. This is the first attack on American soldiers in Syria since the ouster of President Bashar Assad from power a year ago, in which there has been loss of life and property.
America warned
Central Command said in a post on US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on
The attacker was a member of the Syrian security forces
The shooting took place near historic Palmyra, according to state news agency SANA, which earlier said two members of Syrian security forces and several US soldiers were wounded. The injured were taken by helicopter to Al-Tanf Garrison near the border between Iraq and Jordan. SANA said the attacker was killed, but did not provide further details. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attacker was a member of Syrian security forces.
US President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post, “We mourn the loss of three great American patriots, two soldiers and one civilian, in Syria. We also pray for the three wounded soldiers, whose condition is now reported to be stable. This was an attack by ISIS on America and Syria in a very dangerous part of Syria, which is not completely under their control. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is very angry and disturbed by this attack. It will be given a strong response.”
America is fighting together with the Syrian coalition
The US military has deployed hundreds of troops to eastern Syria as part of the coalition fighting the Islamic State group. Last month, Syria joined the international coalition fighting ISI as Damascus seeks to improve ties with the West after Assad was ousted by rebels who took over from him. ISI was defeated on the battlefield in Syria in 2019, but the group’s sleeper cells still carry out deadly attacks in the country. The United Nations says the group still has 5,000 to 7,000 fighters in Syria and Iraq. American soldiers, who are present in different parts of Syria to train other forces as part of a major operation against IS.
