Syria's Interior Ministry said government troops have arrested an ISIS cell believed to be responsible for attacks on security and military personnel in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo.
The arrests followed an attack on Sunday claimed by ISIS, in which the ministry said four security personnel were killed while on patrol on the Maaret Al Numan road in Idlib.
Damascus and Washington also accused a lone gunman, who killed two US troops and an interpreter in Palmyra on Saturday, of having links with the group. ISIS has not claimed responsibility for that attack.
On Wednesday, the Syrian Interior Ministry said it had increased surveillance and intensif
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