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President Donald Trump vowed serious retaliation after an ambush in eastern Syria killed two Iowa National Guard soldiers and a U.S. civilian interpreter, following earlier reports identifying the attacker as an ISIS-linked lone gunman.Syrian Interior Ministry officials later said the assailant had ties to the countrys Internal Security service, and Syrian authorities arrested five suspects as the Pentagon reported three other Iowa guardsmen wounded; two were in stable condition and one was in good condition.Trump is scheduled to meet the families at Dover Air Force Base during the dignified transfer of the remains of Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, as U.S. officials weigh how the incident affects cooperation with the new Syrian regime led by Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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