The shooting happened during a mission by U.S. and Syrian forces in a historic central town near Palmyra on Saturday. President Trump and U.S. military officials attributed the attack to ISIS.

U.S. service members and an American civilian were killed in a shooting in central Syria during ongoing counter-ISIS operations, highlighting the persistent threat posed by insurgent violence despite the group’s territorial defeat and the continued risks faced by U.

An attack by an alleged Islamic State member in Syria has killed two U.S. service members and one American civilian.

Sgts. William Nathaniel "Nate" Howard and Edgar Torres-Tovar were killed in Syria while they were stationed with the Iowa National Guard.

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — President Trump on Wednesday paid his respects to two Iowa National Guard members and a U.S. civilian interpreter who were killed in an attack in the Syrian desert, joining their grieving families as their remains were brought back to the country they served.

Israel’s military raids and strikes over the past year aiming to carve out a buffer zone in southern Syria have raised tensions, frustrated locals and also appear to have scuttled chances — despite U.

Syria has arrested five people suspected of having links to the shooting of five Iowa National Guard members, two of whom died.

Two U.S. soldiers and an interpreter were killed in an ambush by an apparent ISIS gunman in Syria Saturday, officials said.

The two US Army soldiers killed in Syria on Saturday were Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, Iowa, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, Iowa, according to the Army. They were both members of the Iowa National Guard.

Sharaa’s efforts to unify the country and rebuild relationships with the international community, analysts say.