US Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper has said that the fight to prevent the resurgence of ISIS is continuing in Syria.
He was speaking after President Donald Trump paid tribute to two US soldiers and an interpreter killed by a gunman liked to the group by the Department of Defence. It came as the remains of the three Americans were returned to Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base.
Mr Trump vowed there would be “serious retaliation” following the attack on Saturday in Palmyra, Syria, that also wounded three other soldiers. Questions were mounting in Washington about America's role in Syria and its support of the new government.
Admiral Cooper said Centcom had detained 119 ISIS members and killed 14 of them in the last six months.
“Operations in Syria are critical for preventing ISIS from regenerating and posing a significant threat,” he said.
Four Syrians were killed in a separate attack in Idlib claimed
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