US civilian interpreter killed in Syria identified as devoted father of four

The civilian interpreter who was killed successful Palmyra, Syria, implicit the play has been identified arsenic Ayad Mansoor Sakat. 

Sakat, 54, was calved successful Bakhdida, Iraq, and worked arsenic an interpreter for the U.S. Army during the Iraq penetration from 2003 to 2007.

President Donald Trump connected Wednesday attended a dignified transportation astatine Dover Air Force Base successful Delaware for Sakat and 2 Iowa National Guard soldiers killed successful the onslaught successful Syria.

The Department of the Army identified the soldiers arsenic Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, Iowa, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, Iowa, who were killed portion supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.

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A U.S. Army transportation squad moves the transportation lawsuit containing the remains of a U.S. civilian, Ayad Mansoor Sakat, who was killed successful Syria connected Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images / Dina Qiryaqoz)

Torres-Tovar and Howard were assigned to 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division of the Iowa National Guard.

The Army said the incidental remains nether investigation.

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Sgt. William Howard (left) and Sgt. Edgar Torres-Tovar (right) died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 successful Palmyra, Syria. (Iowa National Guard)

Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said Saturday that 2 Army soldiers and 1 civilian U.S. interpreter were killed, and 3 were wounded erstwhile an attacker opened fire.

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The work members had been conducting a cardinal person engagement with section partners successful enactment of ongoing counter-ISIS operations.

A U.S. Army subordinate closes the doorway of a conveyance carrying flag-draped transportation cases during a dignified transportation astatine Dover Air Force Base successful Delaware connected Dec. 17, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

A Pentagon authoritative told Fox News Digital the onslaught occurred successful an country extracurricular the power of interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, and that archetypal assessments bespeak it was apt carried retired by ISIS.

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Sakat is survived by his wife, Manahel Daau, and their children: Zeena, Leena, Dina, and Farah.