WSJ learned about the F-16 fighter jets taking off after the attack on the US military in Syria

After the attack on the American military in Syrian Palmyra, the United States lifted two F-16 fighter jets into the air.This was reported on December 13 by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

"The United States has sent two F-16 fighter jets over Palmyra," the publication says.

Earlier in the day, two US Army soldiers and one civilian translator were killed in Syria in Palmyra during an operation against the Islamic State (IS, an organization recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation). The attack on American and Syrian soldiers in Palmyra was reported by Syria TV on the same day.

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After the incident, US President Donald Trump promised to take retaliatory actions against the militants.

According to the Alikhbariah TV channel, the military of the international coalition did not respond to warnings about a possible militant attack in the Palmyra area.

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