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| SDF detains ISIS operative in eastern Syria: Coalition |
| 2023-04-17 |
| [Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) late Saturday announced the arrest of an operative 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 Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zor province, the US-led coalition that supports the force announced, calling the operation’s success a hindrance to ISIS activities in the region. SDF and coalition forces detained Mohammed al-Sayid, a proven ISIS operative, in a "successful execution," a statement from the coalition’s Combined Special Operations Joint Task Force - Levant (SOJTF-Levant) read, adding that Sayid was "known for leading several ISIS cells" that broadened the terror group’s operations. "The success of this operation will disrupt ISIS’s financial and lethal aid networks in northeast Syria," said SOJTF-Levant spokesperson Jonathan Ferrer. "The SDF remains an effective and credible partner of choice in maintaining the enduring defeat of ISIS." About a thousand US troops stationed in Syria are part of an international coalition that has fought ISIS in the country since 2014. The coalition has been an ally of the SDF since 2017, providing the forces with weapons, military equipment, and advisers. On Wednesday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it had detained three ISIS members in eastern Syria without revealing further details. Two more ISIS members were killed by the SDF as they were preparing for a suicide kaboom attack in early April, according to CENTCOM. |
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