US President Donald Trump has said the United States “will retaliate” after three Americans were killed in a suspected Islamic State (IS) attack in Syria. This is the deadliest assault on US personnel in the country since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad a year ago.

Two US service members and a civilian interpreter were killed, while three others were wounded in an ambush on Saturday (December 13) carried out by a lone gunman, according to the US military’s Central Command.

“This is an ISIS attack,” Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for the Army–Navy football game in Baltimore.

Trump issues warning of retaliation

Trump offered condolences to the families of those killed and said the injured were recovering.

“We mourn the loss of three Great American

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