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Reported claim

“Joe Kent cited in his resignation statement the death of his wife in a suicide bombing in Manbij, Syria in 2019 as motivation for his opposition to the war.”

high confidence 34 sources

Reported by 31 sources.

Sources

RT English supports low reliability
His first wife, Shannon, served in the US Army's Intelligence Support Activity unit and was killed in a terrorist attack in Manbij, Syria, in 2019.
2026-03-25
Times of Israel supports medium reliability
His wife was killed in a 2019 suicide bombing during the Syrian civil war that erupted as part of the Arab Spring.
2026-03-20
Middle East Eye supports medium reliability
His wife, Shannon, was a US Navy cryptologist. She was killed in 2019 by a bombing at a restaurant in Manbij, Syria.
2026-03-20
Hurriyet Daily News supports medium reliability
Kent's wife, Shannon, also served in the U.S. military and was killed in a suicide bombing in Syria in 2019.
2026-03-20
Strategic Culture Foundation supports low reliability
His wife, Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, was killed in Syria in 2019 as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.
2026-03-20
Responsible Statecraft supports medium reliability
lost his first wife, herself a servicemember with the Navy, in a suicide bombing in Syria in 2019, when their children were one and three years old
2026-03-20
Consortium News supports medium reliability
Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, was killed in Syria in 2019 as part of Operation Inherent Resolve
2026-03-20
Ynet Hebrew supports medium reliability
שאנון נהרגה בפיגוע של מחבל מתאבד, איש דאעש, בצפון סוריה
2026-03-20
Ynet Hebrew supports medium reliability
אשתו הראשונה של קנט, שאנון, נרצחה בפיגוע התאבדות של דאעש בסוריה בשנת 2019, בזמן ששירתה כקצינת מודיעין בצי האמריקני
2026-03-20
France 24 English supports medium reliability
Kent's first wife, Shannon Smith, was a Navy cryptologist killed by a suicide bomber in 2019 while fighting the Islamic State group in Syria.
2026-03-20
Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
فقد زوجته شانون -وهي عسكرية أمريكية- في هجوم "انتحاري" بسوريا عام 2019
2026-03-20
Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
فقد كينت زوجته الأولى، شانون كينت، وهي مهندسة تشفير في البحرية الأمريكية، في هجوم انتحاري بسوريا عام 2019
2026-03-20
Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
قُتلت بتفجير انتحاري في سوريا عام 2019
2026-03-20
Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
قتلت زوجته الأولى، شانون، في تفجير انتحاري عام 2019 في سوريا أثناء خدمتها كخبيرة تشفير في البحرية
2026-03-20
Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
زوجته، التي كانت تخدم في القوات الأمريكية، قُتلت في تفجير انتحاري في مدينة منبج السورية عام 2019
2026-03-20
Al Jazeera supports medium reliability
His wife was killed by an ISIL (ISIS) suicide bomber in Syria in 2019.
2026-03-20
Strategic Culture Foundation supports low reliability
Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, was killed in Syria in 2019 as part of Operation Inherent Resolve
2026-03-19
Ynet Hebrew supports medium reliability
"אשתו הראשונה של קנט, שאנון, נרצחה בפיגוע התאבדות של דאעש בסוריה בשנת 2019, בזמן ששירתה כקצינת מודיעין בצי האמריקני"
2026-03-19
Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
فقد زوجته شانون -وهي عسكرية أمريكية- في هجوم انتحاري بسوريا عام 2019
2026-03-19
Jerusalem Post supports medium reliability
influential members of the American media" manipulated the US president into waging the war; that Israel was responsible for pushing the US into the 2003 Iraq War that cost thousands of American lives; and that his wife, a military cryptologist killed by a suicide bomber in Syria in 2019, was a vict
2026-03-18
Consortium News supports medium reliability
Shannon Kent, was killed in Syria in 2019 as part of Operation Inherent Resolve
2026-03-18
Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
خدمت شانون زوجة كينت أيضا في الجيش الأمريكي وقُتلت بتفجير انتحاري في سوريا عام 2019
2026-03-18
France 24 English supports medium reliability
Kent's first wife, Shannon Smith, was a Navy cryptologist killed by a suicide bomber in 2019 while fighting the Islamic State group in Syria.
2026-03-18
France 24 English supports medium reliability
After Smith's death, Kent spoke out against US intervention around the world... That is why I have a scepticism of our federal government, he said of his wife's death
2026-03-18
Hurriyet Daily News supports medium reliability
Kent's wife, Shannon, also served in the U.S. military and was killed in a suicide bombing in Syria in 2019.
2026-03-18
Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
فقد كينت زوجته الأولى، شانون كينت، وهي مهندسة تشفير في البحرية الأمريكية، في هجوم انتحاري بسوريا عام 2019
2026-03-18
Ynet Hebrew supports medium reliability
שאנון נהרגה בפיגוע של מחבל מתאבד, איש דאעש, בצפון סוריה
2026-03-17
Middle East Eye supports medium reliability
She was killed in 2019 by a bombing at a restaurant in Manbij, Syria.
2026-03-17
Middle East Eye supports medium reliability
She was killed in 2019 by a bombing at a restaurant in Manbij, Syria.
2026-03-17
Middle East Eye neutral medium reliability
Shannon, was a US Navy cryptologist. She was killed in 2019 by a bombing at a restaurant in Manbij, Syria.
2026-03-17
Al-Monitor neutral medium reliability
His first wife, Shannon — a language specialist with the US Navy — was killed in a suicide bombing while visiting a local restaurant with her teammates in the Kurdish-controlled town of Manbij, Syria, in 2019
2026-03-17
BBC World News neutral high reliability
navy cryptologic technician Shannon Kent, was killed in a suicide bombing in Syria in 2019
2026-03-17
Responsible Statecraft supports medium reliability
lost his first wife, herself a servicemember with the Navy, in a suicide bombing in Syria in 2019
2026-03-17
Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
زوجته، التي كانت تخدم في القوات الأمريكية، قُتلت في تفجير انتحاري في مدينة منبج السورية عام 2019
2026-03-17

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