Syria has arrested five people suspected of having links to the shooting of U.S. and Syrian troops in the central Syrian town of Palmyra on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.

Two U.S. 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.

Syria has been co-operating with a U.S.-led coalition against ISIS, reaching an agreement last month when President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited the White House.

Syria's Interior Ministry said its units in Palmyra carried out an operation in co-ordination with "international coalition forces" that resulted in the arrest of f

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