Syria says caught ISIS-linked cell behind shooting attack in northwest

Syria’s government on Tuesday said its forces killed the leader of a cell linked to ISIS and arrested eight of its members believed to be behind a deadly attack on security personnel last week.ISIS claimed responsibility for Sunday’s shooting, which authorities had said killed four Syrian security personnel on patrol on the Maaret al-Numan road in northwest Idlib province.Security forces “arrested a terrorist cell affiliated with Daesh” (ISIS) that carried out attacks “targeting security and military patrols in the Idlib and Aleppo provinces,” an interior ministry statement said.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“The operation resulted in the arrest of all eight members of the cell, and the ninth member, the cell leader, was neutralized,” it added.“During the investigations, those arrested admitted their responsibility for carrying out three terrorist attacks, including targeting a road security patrol in Maaret al-Numan,” it said, adding