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Around 30 Syrian, Iraqi ISIS suspects arrested two days into new operation: SDF
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have announced the arrest of 30 suspected members of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS) in the first two days of their fresh military operation on the Syria-Iraq border. It also "cleared" around 100 villages in the region from the group, according to an SDF statement. The multi-ethnic SDF announced the launch of operation ’Deterrence of Terrorism’ on Thursday, following what they describe as thorough information gathering, to "pursue and track the cells of ISIS terrorist organization on the Syrian-Iraqi border," according to a Friday statement. SDF commanders said on Friday that 20 ISIS suspects were arrested, but that initial number has since been revised. "Around 30 Syrian and Iraqi mercenaries [of ISIS] were arrested in the operation," read another statement from the SDF Friday midnight. The latest statement also pinpointed the operation as taking place in and around the Syria-Iraq border areas of Hasaka, Baghouz and Deir ez-Zor. The SDF also confiscated light weapons and IEDs prepared for liquidation attacks, and found tunnels of the group. The operation resulted in a "70 kilometre length and 60 kilometre wide" stretch of land being cleared, "including nearly 100 villages," the statement said. No SDF casualties have been reported so far, the statement added. US-led anti-ISIS coalition spokeperson Colonel Myles B.Caggins III confirmed on Twitter that around 30 ISIS suspects were arrested in the first and second day of the operation, adding that 78 hideouts of ISIS were destroyed. Around 6,000 SDF fighters are taking part in the military campaign and it is expected to last for about five days, military sources told the SDF-affiliated Ronahi TV — though in their statement, the forces say the operation will continue "until completion of the full mission." SDF commander Adnan Afrini told Rudaw TV from the frontlines that "a large number" of ISIS fighters are on the Syria-Iraq border, though he could not provide an estimate.
On Friday, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested 7 individuals suspected of collaborating with the Islamic State (ISIS) in the towns of al-Sur, north of Deir ez-Zor, and Murkada, south of Hasakah on the Iraqi-Syrian border. SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi tweeted that “We achieved successive victories in our campaign against ISIS cells in [Deir ez-Zor] & Hasakah” on Saturday. His tweet explained that both the Turkish invasion of North and East Syria in October 2019 and the emergence of the coronavirus had emboldened the terror group, and stressed that the Global Coalition has a duty to support the SDF in fighting ISIS. Related: Hasaka: 2020-06-05 US, SDF troops prepare for major operation in eastern Syria Hasaka: 2020-05-30 Russian military building new base near US forces in northeast Syria Hasaka: 2020-05-28 New information about commander of ‘Al-Sham Corps’ recruited by Turkish authorities and arrested in Libya Related: Baghouz: 2020-05-27 Iraqi forces kill ISIS terrorist leader known as ‘governor of Iraq’ Baghouz: 2020-05-23 Detained senior ISIS leader Qardash a 'treasure trove' of intelligence for Iraq: analyst Baghouz: 2020-05-09 SDF, coalition raid ISIS locations in Deir ez-Zor Related: Deir ez-Zor: 2020-06-01 At least one fighter of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was killed in eastern province of Deir ez-Zor of Syria Deir ez-Zor: 2020-05-27 Iraqi forces kill ISIS terrorist leader known as ‘governor of Iraq’ Deir ez-Zor: 2020-05-24 Two ISIS leaders killed in eastern Syria raid: Coalition Posted by: trailing wife 2020-06-07 |
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