The gunman who killed two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter had been set to be dismissed from the security forces over his extremist views, U.S. and Syrian officials said.

Syria's new government faces accusations of extremism as U.S. mediates complex negotiations between Damascus and Jerusalem authorities.

American and Syrian military personnel were injured when an unidentified attacker opened fire on their patrol in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, Syrian state news agency SANA reported on Saturday.

An assailant has opened fire on Syrian and U.S. forces in central Syria during a visit by American troops to a historic town

A group of Syrian-American Jews has registered a nongovernmental organization in Syria to restore Jewish heritage

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.

Syrian asylum seeker Kamel Maklad has been released from Eloy Detention Center, after more than two years in immigration detention and one year after an immigration judge agreed he'd face

The incident is the first to be reported since Islamist-led forces overthrew Bashar al-Assad last year then rekindled ties with the US.