A memorial service was held Wednesday at the Army Reserve Center in Hempfield Township to honor 13 local soldiers killed in a missile attack during Operation Desert Storm.

Cuba says the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism.

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government said Wednesday that its soldiers killed four people aboard a speed boat registered in Florida that opened fire on officers in Cuban waters.

(CNN) — The two US Army soldiers killed in Syria on Saturday were Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, Iowa, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, Iowa, according to the Army. They were both members of the Iowa National Guard.

Families of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in Syria last December will attend President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday as guests of Iowa’s congressional delegation.

Various family members of Staff Sgts. Edgar Torres-Tovar and William Nathaniel Howard, who were killed in a Dec. 13 attack, will be guests of Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and U.S. Reps. Ashley Hinson and