The killing of three Americans in Syria by an ISIS fighter over the weekend highlighted U.S. military presence in the Middle Eastern country, more than five years after the territorial defeat of the Islamic State.

An attack by an alleged Islamic State member in Syria has killed two U.S. service members and one American civilian.

With Syria's new leadership emerging as a key U.S. partner, American troops in the country find themselves amid a complex pivot.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday barring many Syrian nationals from entering the United States, days after an Islamist militant shot and killed two U.S. service members and a civilian translator in the Middle Eastern country.

An assailant opened fire at Syrian and US forces near Palmyra during a US troops' visit, wounding several. The attacker, identified as a Syrian security member, was killed. US officials have yet to comment.

Two American troops and a civilian interpreter were killed in central Syria on Saturday after an alleged member of the Islamic State (IS) group opened fire on a joint US-Syrian

The U.S. currently has hundreds of troops deployed in eastern Syria as part of a coalition fighting the Islamic State group.