Syria: 2 U.S. soldiers and civilian interpreter killed during attack

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Two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed on Friday during a joint patrol in Palmyra, Syria. Three other U.S. soldiers and two Syrian security agents were also injured in the assault. According to the Syrian Interior Ministry spokesperson, Nour Al Din Al Baba, the attack was carried out by a member of the terrorist group known as the Islamic State. Officials noted that Syrian internal security forces had previously warned of possible attacks, lamenting that the U.S. military did not take the alerts seriously. In response, U.S. President Donald Trump vowed retaliation against the terrorist faction responsible for the deaths.    #teleSUREnglish #Syria #Palmyra #USMilitary #IslamicState #Attack #Trump #SecurityCrisis

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00:00In other news, two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in an attack while

00:05on a joint patrol in Palmyra, Syria.

00:09Three other U.S. soldiers and two Syrian security force agents were also injured in the attack.

00:14The spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior of the de facto Syrian government, Nur al-Din

00:20al-Baba, reported that the attack was perpetrated by a member of the terrorist group, calling

00:25itself the Islamic State.

00:27The official also reported that the agents of the Syrian internal security forces had

00:33previously warned of possible attacks by this terrorist group and regretted that the U.S.

00:38military did not take this warning seriously.

00:40In this regard, U.S. President Donald Trump promised a response against the terrorist faction

00:45for killing U.S. soldiers.

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