The two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in an ambush by a lone gunman in Syria have been identified, the U.S. Army said Monday. A civil interpreter also died.

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The two soldiers were in the 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division. The Iowa National Guard says the squadron was on a counter-ISIS mission as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.

Two soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed while supporting counterterror operations, the Pentagon said. They are the first U.S. casualties in Syria since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad.

The attack, which took place in the city of Palmyra, comes a year after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the lifting of U.S. sanctions.

The ISIS fighter who killed three Americans in Syria over weekend highlighted the continuous U.S. military presence in the country.

Two U.S. soldiers and an interpreter were killed in an ambush by an apparent ISIS gunman in Syria Saturday, officials said.

Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in ISIS ambush attack in Syria as Trump vows 'very serious retaliation' against the terrorist group in response.

One of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in an "ISIS attack" in Syria has been identified, the son of a rural Iowa police chief.

A gunman who ambushed U.S. and Syrian soldiers, killing two American troops and a civilian interpreter near Palmyra Saturday, is thought to have been an Islamic State infiltrator working as part of local security.

Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has the latest on President Donald Trump’s response to the deadly ambush of two National Guardsmen in Syria on ‘Special Report.’