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One of the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria this week was a Navy sailor and married mother of two whose father is a high-ranking officer in the New York State Police, officials said Friday.

After days of conflicting statements about a timeline for U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out American troops from Syria, a U.S. military official said Friday that the withdrawal process has begun, declining to comment on specific timetables or movements.

Against the advice of many in his own administration, President Donald Trump is pulling U.S. troops out of Syria. Could a withdrawal from Afghanistan be far behind?

"A perfectly executed strike," President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday in the aftermath of his second decision in two years to fire missiles against Syria. "Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished!"

The Latest on Syria (all times local): 1:05 p.m. Russia, Syria and Iran have strongly warned the United States against launching new strikes on Syria.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Russia has "failed" in its responsibility to deliver on a 2013 commitment to secure Syria's chemical weapons.

The United States bombed the Al-Shayrat airbase in Syria late Thursday. Several national news outlets are reporting the strike include more than 50 Tomahawk missiles.

JORDAN-SYRIA BORDER (AP) — The commander of Jordan's border guards says Islamic State extremists are expanding their influence in a sprawling border camp for displaced Syrians, posing a growing threat to the U.S.-allied kingdom.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Syrian man whose family was the first to be resettled in the U.S. as part of the U.S. "surge" refugee program says President Donald Trump should help topple Syria's regime rather than press to close off U.S. borders to more refugees.

GENEVA (AP) — As Syrian peace talks were adjourned in Geneva after 10 days, the U.N. mediator said he was encouraged that there was "no drama, no walkouts" — but, while a shaky truce has continued to hold across the war-torn country, there was also no visible sign of progress on a lasting settlement.