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Saturday, December 13, 2025
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Saturday, December 13, 2025
Trump vows retaliation after two US troops, civilian killed in Syria attack
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US President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House, December 13, 2025, in Washington, DC. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
DAMASCUS, Syria — US President Donald Trump says that “we will retaliate” after two US service members and one American civilian were killed in a Syria attack that the US blames on the Islamic State group.
“This is an ISIS attack,” the American president tells reporters at the White House before departing for the Army-Navy football game in Baltimore.
He pays condolences to the three Americans killed and said three others who were wounded “seem to be doing pretty well.”
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