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A US soldier keeps watch during a patrol in Syria's northeastern city Qamishli, in the Hasakeh province, mostly controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), on January 9, 2025. Turkey has long been rankled by United States support for the Kurdish-led SDF in northern Syria. Ankara sees the main component of the SDF, the People's Protection Units (YPG), as an extension of its outlawed domestic foe the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). But Washington has long seen the SDF -- which spearheaded the fight that defeated Islamic State group jihadists in 2019 -- as crucial to preventing a jihadist resurgence in the area. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

War Dept.: 2 U.S. soldiers, 1 interpreter killed in Syria by gunman with ISIS-ties

United States Central Command has confirmed that two U.S. soldiers and one civilian interpreter have been killed in an ambush in Palmyra, Syria, by a gunman tied to ISIS.

TOPSHOT - An aerial photo shows crowds of Syrians raising a giant independence-era flag, used by the opposition since the uprising began in 2011, as they celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad's iron-fisted rule earlier this week at the central Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 13, 2024. Thousands of jubilant Syrians also gathered outside a landmark mosque in the capital Damascus to celebrate during the first Friday prayers since Assad's ouster on December 8. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Envoy: Syria to assist in locating missing Americans in war-torn nation

President Donald Trump’s newly appointed Special Envoy to Syria announced that the new government will help locate missing Americans in the war-torn nation.