Damascus ¨C Syrian forces and a U.S.-led coalition launched an operation against Islamic State group sleeper cells on Sunday, a Syrian interior ministry official said, a day after a deadly attack on U.S. troops in the country.
Two U.S. troops and a civilian interpreter were killed in what the Syrian government described as a ¡°terrorist attack¡± on Saturday, while Washington said it had been carried out by an Islamic State group (IS) militant who was subsequently killed.
The ministry official, who requested anonymity, said that a ¡°security campaign¡± across the Syrian desert was tracking ¡°Daesh sleeper cells, in cooperation with the U.S.-led international coalition.¡±
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