...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 eastern Syria earlier in the week following a series of operations against the group in the area.
Asayish, internal forces in Kurdish-held areas of Syria, said in a statement that they carried out a "qualitative operation" in Deir ez-Zor province early Saturday.
The province is partially controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) while the rest is in the hands of the regime forces and snuffies backed by Damascus and Tehran.
Asayish said the arrest came after "a series of precise security operations aimed at enhancing security and stability in the region."
Asayish accused the unidentified ISIS suspect of "carrying out a series of recent bombings and liquidations that targeted civilians" in one of the towns of the province.
A "limited" confrontation took place between the suspected ISIS emir and Asayish forces, it noted.