US President Donald Trump has vowed to retaliate after two US soldiers and an interpreter were killed in an ambush by a member of the Islamic State (IS).
The attack was the first to cause US personnel deaths since the fall of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.
Hundreds of US troops are currently deployed in eastern Syria to combat IS cells.
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