The official said up to five ISIS members who were involved in the planning and execution of the attack are being detained by the Syrian Democratic Forces. The US has also questioned the militants, who were captured in Manbij.
Their capture was first reported by Reuters.
Following the mid-January attack, ISIS claimed responsibility for the deadly explosion, which killed at least 10 other people in addition to the four Americans.
The American deaths included two US service members, a defense contractor and a Department of Defense civilian, the US Central Command said in a statement at the time. Three other US service members were injured in the attack.
The American civilian was an intelligence expert who was with the troops hoping to collect information about security and adversaries in the area, according to three US officials.
Eight civilians and two fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces were also killed in the blast, a senior commander from the Manbij military council told CNN at the time.
Prior to the attack, only two US service members had been killed in action in Syria since the start of the campaign in 2014.
This story is breaking and will be updated.
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