The killing of three Americans in Syria by an ISIS fighter over the weekend highlighted U.S. military presence in the Middle Eastern country, more than five years after the territorial defeat of the Islamic State.

An attack by an alleged Islamic State member in Syria has killed two U.S. service members and one American civilian.

The Department of War told Fox News Digital it is aware of reports that American troops have come under fire Saturday in the central Syrian town of Palmyra.

In an ISIS ambush in Palmyra, two American soldiers were killed, the first US troop deaths since Assad's fall.

The shooting happened during a mission by U.S. and Syrian forces in a historic central town near Palmyra on Saturday. President Trump and U.S. military officials attributed the attack to ISIS.

Since the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad last December, the Trump administration has embraced the new Syrian leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has ties to Al Qaida. The Islamic State, which the U.S. declared in 2019 was mostly defeated, has remained a threat in Syria and has continued to conduct attacks since Assad’s departure.