The Deadliest Day for the U.S. in Syria
Trump says ISIS is defeated, but an Islamic State attack in Syria on Wednesday killed four Americans.
by Kathy Gilsinan
Jan 16, 2019
2 minutes
Mere weeks after President Donald Trump declared on Twitter that the Islamic State was defeated in Syria and it was time to leave, the militants claimed credit for an attack that, in one stroke, more than doubled the overall death toll the U.S. has suffered in the counter- campaign. An explosion in the Kurdish-held town of Manbij killed two U.S. soldiers, along with a Defense Department civilian.
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