An attack by an alleged Islamic State member in Syria has killed two U.S. service members and one American civilian.

The Iowa National Guard has released the names of two soldiers killed in an enemy attack in Palmyra, Syria, on Saturday.

The killing of three Americans during what was said to be a counterterrorism operation in central Syria served as a reminder that U.S. troops are still operating in the country.

The two Iowa National Guard members killed in a weekend attack in Syria were identified Monday and remembered as dedicated soldiers.

Two U.S. service members and one American civilian interpreter were killed in an ambush in central Syria on Saturday, December 13, 2025, according to U.S. Central Command. Three additional service members were wounded in the attack,

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Two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed and three other people wounded in an ambush on Saturday by a lone member of the Islamic State group in central Syria.

Two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed as a joint American-Syrian forces convoy came under attack in Syria on December 13, in what initial assessments say was a suspected Islamic State shooting.