00:00The attack took place close to the historic Palmyra region in Syria.
00:04According to the Pentagon, its targets were a group of soldiers conducting an ongoing
00:08counterterrorism operation in the area.
00:12In reaction, U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to act.
00:15Syria, by the way, was fighting along with us.
00:18The new president of Syria is, as they told me, and I'm not surprised, he's devastated
00:25by what happened.
00:27It was an ISIS attack on us and Syria.
00:30Mr. President, will the U.S. retaliate against ISIS?
00:34Yeah, we will.
00:36A Syrian official later said that the lone gunman was part of the country's internal security force.
00:42When asked, the Pentagon did not respond to the question but stated that the attack took
00:46place in an area where the Syrian president does not have control.
00:50Washington had no diplomatic relations with Damascus under former head of state Bashar al-Assad.
00:56But the countries have grown closer under Ahmed al-Sharrah, who met with the U.S. Secretary
01:01of State Marco Rubio in September.
01:04The country joined the international coalition fighting against the Islamic State last month,
01:08further warming relations with Western nations.
01:11The shooting on U.S. soldiers was the first of such magnitude since al-Sharrah came to power a
01:16little over a year ago.
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