Trump vows ‘very serious retaliation’ after ISIS kills US soldiers in Syria

President Donald Trump despatched a powerful message to these accused of killing two American troopers and an American interpreter in Syria on Saturday, noting that the US will retaliate in opposition to ISIS if troops are attacked once more.

As Trump left the White Home for the Military-Navy soccer sport on Saturday afternoon, he mentioned the nation was mourning the lack of the troopers and a civilian American interpreter who have been ambushed by a lone ISIS gunman.

Three different troopers have been injured, however are doing nicely, in keeping with the president.

They have been taken by helicopter to the al-Tanf garrison, which is close to the borders with Iraq and Jordan, The Related Press reported, citing Syrian state media.

President Donald Trump departs from the South Garden of the White Home in Washington, D.C., for the Military-Navy school soccer sport in Baltimore. (Daniel Heuer/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

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Trump later posted on Fact Social, including, “There might be very critical retaliation.”

“This was an ISIS assault on the US and Syria, in a really harmful a part of Syria, not absolutely managed by them,” he wrote within the put up. “The President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is extraordinarily indignant and disturbed by this assault. Very critical retaliation will comply with. Thanks on your consideration to this matter!”

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell mentioned the assault occurred because the troopers have been finishing up a key management function, a part of their mission to help ongoing anti-ISIS/counterterrorism operations within the area.

A girl waves a Syrian flag as individuals stroll by means of the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque within the Previous Metropolis in central Damascus, January 16, in Damascus, Syria. (Spencer Platt/Getty Pictures)

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In keeping with Secretary of Warfare Pete Hegseth, the gunman was killed by associate forces.

The names of the troopers, in addition to figuring out details about their models, are being withheld till 24 hours after notification of subsequent of kin.

Fox Information Digital has contacted the White Home for additional remark.

In June, about 1,500 U.S. troops remained in Syria following the Pentagon-led withdrawal. In keeping with Fox Information’ Jennifer Griffin, the power is anticipated to shrink to a couple hundred males by the tip of the 12 months.

Safety forces loyal to Syria’s interim authorities experience into the again of a car touring alongside a highway in Syria’s western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

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The US initially operated eight bases in Syria to observe ISIS, after intervening in 2014 to stop the group from establishing a caliphate. Three of these bases have since been closed or handed over to the Syrian Democratic Forces.

Greg Norman, Ashley Oliver, Jennifer Griffin, Benjamin Weinthal and Ashley Carnahan of Fox Information contributed to this report.