Two American Soldiers Killed in Syria Attack

The Army has identified the two American soldiers killed in Palmyra, Syria, as Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, both from Iowa National Guard. They were ambushed by an ISIS gunman during a counter-ISIS mission, resulting in the deaths of the soldiers and a civilian interpreter, while three other U.S. service members were injured. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in their honor. President Trump condemned the attack and promised serious retaliation, marking the first U.S. troop deaths in Syria since the fall of President Bashar Al Assad last year.

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