"The two Iowa National Guard members killed in a weekend attack that the U.S. military blamed on the Islamic State group in Syria were identified Monday. The U.S. Army named them as Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff in their honor, saying that, We are grateful for their service and deeply mourn their loss."
"The Pentagon's chief spokesman, Sean Parnell, has said a civilian working as a U.S. interpreter also was killed. Three other Guard members were wounded in the attack, the Iowa National Guard said Monday, with two of them in stable condition and the other in good condition. The attack was a major test for the rapprochement between the United States and Syria since the ouster of autocratic leader Bashar Assad a year ago, coming as the U.S. military is expanding its cooperation with Syrian security forces."
Two Iowa National Guard sergeants, Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, were killed in a weekend attack in Syria that U.S. officials attributed to the Islamic State. A civilian working as a U.S. interpreter was also killed. Three other Guard members were wounded, with two in stable condition and one in good condition. The shooting occurred near Palmyra and also wounded Syrian security forces; the gunman was killed. The assailant had joined Syria's internal security forces two months earlier and was reassigned amid suspicions of IS affiliation.
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