📰 Trump honors 2 U.S. guardsmen, interpreter killed in Syria

QAMISHLI, syria (North Press) – Two Iowa National Guard soldiers and a U. S. civilian interpreter killed in an attack in eastern Syria were honored on Wednesday as their remains were returned to the United States in a solemn dignified transfer attended by leader Donald Trump and senior authorities. The two soldiers — Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown — were among hundreds of U. S. troops deployed in north and east Syria as part of the U.

S. -led Global Coalition to Defeat isis. A U. S. civilian contractor and interpreter, Ayad Mansoor Sakat, 54, from Macomb, Michigan, was also killed. The attack on Dec. Additionally, 13 in the syrian-markets-price-chaos-continues-amid-weak-oversight/" class="smart-internal-link" title="📰 Syrian Markets: Price Chaos Continues Amid Weak Oversight">syrian/" class="auto-internal-link">syrian desert near Palmyra was attributed to an Islamic State affiliate, as per U. In fact, s. and coalition assessments.

Three other National Guard members and two Syrian troops were wounded in the ambush. At Dover, armed forces personnel carried the flag-draped transfer cases from the aircraft in a ritual that honors service members who die while serving abroad, a tradition with deep symbolic significance for the U. S. armed troops and grieving families. Trump met privately with relatives of the deceased before the transfer and stood in respectful silence as the remains were moved. Torres-Tovar and Howard were hailed by the Iowa National Guard as dedicated soldiers, and Sakat was remembered by his family as a courageous interpreter who served U. S. troops in Iraq before working alongside them again in Syria.

He is survived by his wife and four adult children. The deaths highlight the continuing risks of ISIS in Syria. U. S. authorities have condemned the attack and reaffirmed commitments to pursuing extremist threats in the region.   By Jwan Shekaki