{"id":5545,"date":"2025-12-16T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T01:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5545"},"modified":"2025-12-16T01:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T01:00:47","slug":"how-will-us-respond-to-the-killing-of-three-of-its-soldiers-in-syria-syrias-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5545","title":{"rendered":"How will US respond to the killing of three of its soldiers in Syria? | Syria&#8217;s War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Washington has blamed ISIL (ISIS) for the attack and promised retaliation.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Three US soldiers have been killed in an attack in Syria\u2019s central city of Palmyra.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first known deadly attack on US forces since former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was deposed last year. Washington has accused the ISIL (ISIS) group of carrying out the assault.<\/p>\n<p>The government in Damascus has expanded its ties with Washington and joined a coalition to fight the ISIL group.<\/p>\n<p>But how much of a security challenge is ISIL in Syria?<\/p>\n<p>Will the US now reinforce its military presence? What risks could that pose?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> Dareen Abughaida<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colin Clarke \u2013 executive director of The Soufan Center<\/p>\n<p>Dareen Khalifa \u2013 senior adviser at the International Crisis Group<\/p>\n<p>Orwa Ajjoub \u2013 PhD candidate in global politics, focusing on armed groups in Syria<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 15 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">15 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share dark-view\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington has blamed ISIL (ISIS) for the attack and promised retaliation. Three US soldiers have been killed in an attack in Syria\u2019s central city of Palmyra. It is the first known deadly attack on US forces since former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was deposed last year. Washington has accused the ISIL (ISIS) group of carrying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}