...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
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(ISIS) in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
In a statement posted on Facebook, the Asayish said, "Our special forces H.A.T, with support and participation from the international coalition, have arrested an ISIS leader in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor."
They added that their forces were able to carry out the preemptive security operation with the support of the US-led Coalition in the early hours of Sunday morning, July 9.
The Asayish also noted that weapons and communication devices were seized from the arrested leader, and that the operation was carried out with precision without any injuries among their forces.