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SDF announces capturing senior ISIS leader in Syria’s Raqqa
[NPASyria] The Counter-Terrorism Units (YAT) of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Friday their forces, in cooperation with the US-led Global Coalition, managed to capture a big shot 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.... group (ISIS) in Raqqa Governorate, northern Syria. This came during a security operation launched on Sep. 28 by the YAT and the Coalition. The operation resulted in the capture of "one of the key controllers of ISIS cells, known as Mamdouh Ibrahim al-Hajji, aka Abu Youssef, who was actively involved in enabling ISIS terrorist cells in the region," the SDF said in a statement. Abu Youssef was hiding in the west of the city of Raqqa when he was captured. "This cooperation between our SDF forces and the international coalition against ISIS cells improves safety in NE Syria and proves beneficial to its people," the SDF added. Early in September, the YAT, the Coalition, and the Sulaymaniyah-based Counter-Terrorism Group (CTG) of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) launched an operation in Raqqa which resulted in the arrest of a senior ISIS leader called Abdulghafour Taber al-Diyab, aka Abu Amir, who worked as the head (emir) of the so-called Tribes Divan and the manager of ISIS bank. Related: Raqqa Governorate: 2023-08-30 Turkey deports 425 Syrian, Iraqi refugees to Syria Raqqa Governorate: 2023-08-27 Turkish authorities deport 350 Syrian refugees to Syria, maim 2 going other way, Ottoman proxies stab Kurdush lad Raqqa Governorate: 2023-08-23 Turkey deports Syrians, arrests Kurds, sends reinforcements to Syria de-escalation zone Related: Raqqa city: 2023-09-10 Kurdish forces arrest suspected ISIS bagman in Raqqa Raqqa city: 2023-03-13 One killed, another injured by government forces in Hasakah city Raqqa city: 2023-03-01 Denmark imprisons ISIS woman, strips her of citizenship Posted by: trailing wife 2023-10-01 |
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