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SDF captures two suspected ISIS members in Raqqa
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Wednesday announced that two suspected 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) members were captured in an operation in the northern Raqqa province. "Our forces raided the hideout of the terrorist cell and successfully captured two terrorists, Abdul Sattar Abdul Fattah al-Muhammad, known as "Abu Amira," and his brother, Muhammad Abdul Fattah al-Muhammad, known as "Abu al-Baraa," the SDF said in a statement. The operation, supported by the US-led international coalition, was carried out in al-Mansoura, a large town some 25 kilometers southwest of Raqqa, the former de facto capital of ISIS’s so-called "caliphate." "The two forces of Evil were involved in the manufacture of improvised bombs (IEDs) and operated a facility specialized in producing weapon silencers and bombs," the statement added. On Tuesday, another SDF operation captured an ISIS operative in Hasaka province’s Til Kochar area, near the Iraqi border. The operative managed ISIS-affiliated Telegram accounts and recruited youth to join the bully boy group, according to the SDF statement. The operations come amid an escalation of ISIS attacks in the area, particularly targeting Kurdish-led forces and civilians, with the Pencilneckal-Assad Horror of Homs... ’s regime. ISIS and its so-called "caliphate" was territorially defeated in Syria in 2019, two years after its defeat in Iraq, but the group has recently sought to regain ground, especially after the fall of the Assad regime. The SDF, backed by the United States, is the de facto army of northeast Syria (Rojava), and has fought to prevent the Earlier in June, an SDF operation in the notorious al-Hol camp in Hasaka captured another ISIS operative. Posted by: trailing wife 2025-06-12 |
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