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Saturday, December 20, 2025
Trump says US launched ‘very serious retaliation’ against ISIS in Syria
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US President Donald Trump stands by before a carry team moves the transfer case with the remains of a soldier killed in an attack in Syria, December 17, 2025, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump says the US military had launched “very serious retaliation” against the Islamic State group in Syria following an attack that left three Americans dead.
“I am hereby announcing that the United States is inflicting very serious retaliation, just as I promised, on the murderous terrorists responsible,” Trump says on his Truth Social network.
“We are striking very strongly against ISIS strongholds in Syria, a place soaked in blood which has many problems, but one that has a bright future if ISIS can be eradicated,” he writes, using an acronym for the group.
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