US EditionTrump will go to Delaware for the dignified transfer of the 2 National Guard members killed in Syria
President Trump honors two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria amid ongoing U.S.-Syrian coalition efforts; three others injured, two in stable condition, Pentagon said.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump is traveling to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for a dignified transfer honoring two Iowa National Guard members killed in a Syrian desert attack.
- Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, were killed Saturday in a Syrian desert attack; three other Iowa National Guard members were injured, two stable and one in good condition as of Monday.
- At Dover, transfer cases draped with the American flag are carried from arriving military aircraft to an awaiting vehicle and then to the Dover Air Force Base mortuary facility, honoring U.S. service members killed in action in one of the commander in chief's most solemn duties.
- Maj. Gen. Stephen Osborn said they `represented the best of Iowa`, and families are mourning the fallen; Jeffrey Bunn called Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard a loving husband escorted home by his brother.
- The attack comes as President Donald Trump has courted interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, whom he welcomed to Washington last month, testing rapprochement amid hundreds of U.S. troops deployed in eastern Syria.
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Trump will attend dignified transfer of the 2 National Guard members killed in Syria
The two guardsmen killed in the attack on Saturday were Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, according to the U.S. Army.
Honoring the Fallen: Trump's Solemn Tribute at Dover
President Donald Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base for a dignified transfer ceremony honoring two Iowa National Guard members killed in a Syrian attack. The ritual underscores Trump's role as commander-in-chief and highlights the complexity of US-Syria relations amidst ongoing efforts against ISIS.
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