Iowa National Guard Major General Stephen Osborn said the two unnamed soldiers were killed Saturday, Dec. 13, by a suspected "lone ISIS gunman in Syria." One U.S. civilian also was killed and three additional Iowa National Guard soldiers were injured in the ambush.

There are many ISIS detainees in eastern Syria, including many families of ISIS fighters. These detainees will need to be addressed, and the families de-radicalized.

Over four days in late November 2025, U.S. and Syrian forces carried out a coordinated campaign that destroyed more than 15 ISIS weapons storage sites in southern Syria. The operation, conducted between November 24 and 27 in Rif Damashq province,

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Tuesday that their elite units captured an Islamic State (ISIS) “emir” during a raid conducted in cooperation with the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in the eastern Deir ez-Zor province.

U.S. troops on patrol with Syria forces were attacked near the city of Palmyra, Syria, Saturday and an unknown number were injured, according to a senior U.S. official and the Syria state news agency.

An assailant has opened fire on Syrian and U.S. forces in central Syria during a visit by American troops to a historic town