Mike Pence Says ISIS ‘Caliphate Has Crumbled’ in Speech After U.S. Troops Killed in Syria Attack

(BEIRUT) — Vice President Mike Pence is claiming that the Islamic State "caliphate has crumbled" and the militant network "has been defeated."

But his comments Wednesday in a speech at the State Department came shortly after the U.S. military said American service members were among those killed during an explosion during a routine patrol in Syria.

It's unknown how many U.S. troops were killed in the blast in the northern Syria town of Manbij.

(BEIRUT) — Vice President Mike Pence is claiming that the Islamic State "caliphate has crumbled" and the militant network "has been defeated." But his comments Wednesday in a speech at the State Department came shortly after the U.S. military said American service members were among those killed during an explosion during a routine patrol in Syria. It's unknown how many U.S. troops were killed in the blast in the northern Syria town of Manbij.