Three Americans killed in Syria by suspected Islamic State gunman

US Central Command reports an ambush on Saturday, the first attack to inflict US casualties since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. “This was an Isis attack on us and Syria,” Trump said. “We will retaliate.” The Islamic State was defeated in Syria in 2019, but the group’s sleeper cells still carry out deadly attacks in the country. The United Nations says the group still has between 5,000 and 7,000 fighters in Syria and Iraq (Read more at Guardian).