Syria arrests five suspects over shooting of US, Syrian troops in Palmyra

Syria has arrested five people suspected of having links to the shooting of US and Syrian troops in the central Syrian town of Palmyra on Saturday, the interior ministry said on Sunday.Two US Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed by an attacker who targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces before being shot dead. The Syrian interior ministry has described the attacker as a member of the Syrian security forces suspected of sympathizing with ISIS.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The attack was barely a month after Syria announced it had signed a political cooperation agreement with the US-led coalition against ISIS, which coincided with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s visit to the White House.“Our units carried out a precise and decisive security operation in the city of Palmyra, following a cowardly terrorist attack carried out yesterday by an individual affiliated with [ISIS],” Syria’s interior ministry said in a