Trump vows to ‘retaliate’ after IS attack kills US troops in Syria
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - DECEMBER 13: U.S. President Donald Trump (C) walks onto the field for the 126th Army-Navy Game between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen at M&T Bank Stadium on December 13, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. The teams are competing for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, with President Trump attending the rivalry for the second consecutive year. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by TASOS KATOPODIS / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
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December 13, 2025

Trump vows to ‘retaliate’ after IS attack kills US troops in Syria

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States (US) would retaliate after two US troops and a civilian interpreter were killed in central Syria by an alleged Islamic State (IS) militant.

“We will retaliate,” Trump told reporters outside the White House, adding just afterwards on his Truth Social platform that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa was “extremely angry and disturbed by this attack.”

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