[2][3] The Palace of the Princes restaurant was popular with Americans, located on a crowded downtown street in Manbij.

[4] The bomber mixed into a crowd of people visiting a nearby vegetable market and detonated his explosive vest near the restaurant entrance, igniting a fireball that left the dead and wounded scattered in the street.

[3] The U.S. Department of Defense released a statement on 18 January 2019, identifying their three employees: a soldier, a sailor, and an intelligence expert.

[6] The four deceased Americans were: The total death toll is believed to be 19, including 15 local SDF fighters.

[12] U.S. President Donald Trump paid tribute to the fallen Americans during a trip to Dover Air Force Base in the US state of Delaware on 19 January, where their remains were received.