Two US Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed on Saturday, December 12, in central Syria after a suspected Islamic State (IS) attacker opened fire on a convoy involving American and Syrian forces, the US military has confirmed. The assailant was later shot dead. The attack comes just weeks after Syria announced a political cooperation agreement with the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State, a move that coincided with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s visit to the White House. According to Reuters, three local officials said the attacker was a member of the Syrian security forces. However, a spokesperson for Syria’s interior ministry, Noureddine el-Baba, said the individual did not hold a leadership position. “On December 10, an evaluation was issued indicating that this attacker might hold extremist ideas, and a decision regarding him was due to be issued tomorrow, on Sunday,” el-Baba told state broadcaster Al-Ikhbariya. US Presi...
