US names national guard members killed in Syria as Trump vows to hit Islamic State ‘hard’
Sgt Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, and 29-year-old Sgt William Nathaniel Howard were remembered as dedicated soldiersThe two Iowa national guard members killed in a weekend attack in Syria that the US military blamed on the Islamic State (IS) group were identified on Monday and remembered as...
<p>Sgt Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, and 29-year-old Sgt William Nathaniel Howard were remembered as dedicated soldiers</p><p>The two Iowa national guard members <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/13/americans-killed-syria-islamic-state">killed in a weekend attack in Syria</a> that the US military blamed on the Islamic State (IS) group were identified on Monday and remembered as dedicated soldiers.</p><p>The US army named them as Sgt Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/16/iowa-national-guard-killed-syria-edgar-torres-tovar-william-nathaniel-howard">Continue reading...</a>
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