3 Americans Killed in ISIS Attack in Syria, Trump Says, Vowing to Retaliate NYT | Top Stories By: Abdi Latif Dahir, Christina Goldbaum, John Ismay and Eric Schmitt 14 December 2025 at 06:09 Two soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed while supporting counterterror operations, the Pentagon said. They are the first U.S. casualties in Syria since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad. © Baderkhan Ahmad/Associated PressAmerican Bradley fighting vehicles during a joint exercise in 2021 with Syrian Democratic Forces in northeastern Syria.