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ISIS fighters linked to American deaths captured

By Caitlin Yilek

Published March 19, 2019 12:47pm ET

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ISIS fighters linked to American deaths captured — A U.S. Navy carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Scott A. Wirtz, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Wirtz, a civilian and former Navy SEAL from St. Louis, Mo., was killed Jan. 16, 2019, in a suicide bomb attack in Manbij, Syria. | (Patrick Semansky/AP)

U.S.-backed forces in Syria detained several Islamic State fighters linked to a January suicide bombing that killed four Americans.

The bombing was the deadliest attack on Americans in Syria.

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