A pair of Iowa National Guard soldiers were killed during a recent attack in Syria, top state officials have announced.

Iowa National Guard Major General Stephen Osborn said the two unnamed soldiers were killed Saturday, Dec. 13, by a suspected "lone ISIS gunman in Syria." One U.S. civilian also was killed and three additional Iowa National Guard soldiers were injured in the ambush.

Iowa currently has approximately 1,800 soldiers deployed in the Middle East, and of those, 200-250 National Guard members in Syria. Those involved in the attack were on a mission in support of ongoing counter-ISIS and counter-terrorism efforts in the region.

Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell posted on X at 10:30 a.m. , Saturday, that two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter were killed

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