Pentagon identifies U.S. soldier killed in Syria during operation against ISIS

Source: Washington Post

By Ellen Nakashima March 31 at 5:32 PM

The Pentagon on Saturday identified a U.S. service member who died Friday from injuries he suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol in Syria a day earlier.

Master Sgt. Jonathan Dunbar, 36, of Austin, Tex., is the second American killed in action in Syria since the United States began backing local forces in a conflict President Trump has vowed to leave.

The Thursday attack occurred during an operation against the Islamic State that also left a British service member dead. Five others were injured.

The deaths occurred about two hours after Trump promised in a speech in Ohio to withdraw the roughly 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria “very soon” and “let the other people take care of it.”

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