Two US Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in Syria on Saturday by a suspected Islamic State attacker who targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces before being shot dead, the US military said.
The attack was barely a month after Syria announced it had signed a political co-operation agreement with the US-led coalition against Islamic State, which coincided with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaas visit to the White House.
The attacker was a member of the Syrian security forces, three local officials told Reuters. A Syrian interior ministry spokesperson told a state-run television channel that the man did not have a leadership role in the security forces.
