Two U.S. soldiers and an American interpreter were killed in an ISIS attack near Palmyra, Syria, prompting President Donald Trump and the Pentagon to promise swift retaliation as the investigation continues.

Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member Jack Reed (D-RI) encouraged a “very aggressive” response to the ISIS attack that killed three Americans, including two U.S. Army soldiers, in Syria on Saturday.

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) on Sunday urged the Trump administration to continue working with the Syrian government to combat ISIS in the wake of an ambush that left two soldiers and one civilian killed in central Syria.

Syrian authorities on Sunday launched a security operation against ISIS (Deash) terrorist cells in the countryside of Homs province, following an attack that killed three Americans near the ancient city of Palmyra, state media reported.

Trump attended the Army-Navy game, vowing “serious retaliation” after an ISIS gunman killed three U.S. personnel in Syria.

U.S. and allied forces came under fire during a tense operation in eastern Syria near Palmyra, leaving multiple soldiers wounded and triggering an immediate aerial response. According to local and coalition sources,

The government faces a dilemma over what to do with civil-war-era prisons and detention camps that hold thousands of ISIS fighters and tens of thousands of their family members.

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.