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Two suspected ISIS smugglers arrested in Rojava
2023-05-03
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday announced the arrest of 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) operatives who are accused of smuggling weapons to the group's cells in the notorious al-Hol camp in northeast Syria (Rojava).

The SDF, with the aerial support of the global coalition against ISIS, conducted a raid in Hasaka city where the camp is located, arresting two ISIS operatives identified as Saeed Hussein al-Hamawi and Ali Mohammed Gahanam by the coalition.

"With air surveillance provided by the international coalition forces, our forces successfully apprehended the terrorist who was responsible for supplying weapons to active terrorist cells in the al-Hol camp, enabling them to carry out killings and liquidations. Additionally, he was involved in smuggling other cell members from the camp to different areas," said the SDF in a statement.

"During the operation, our special units also apprehended another suspect who was working with the detained cell member," it added.

The coalition said in their statement that "SDF coordinated the deliberate targeting of these ISIS members to further disrupt ISIS capabilities, degrade their support networks, and improve security and stability within al-Hol IDP camp."

The arrests followed a wave of crackdowns on the group by the SDF in northeast Syria, in coordination with the global coalition.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
on Sunday announced it had killed the suspected leader of ISIS, Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi, during an operation in Syria the day before.

Farhad Shami, head of SDF media centre, took to twitter after Ankara's announcement and claimed that Qurayshi was killed in Jindires, adding that he had been protected by Ottoman Turkish forces stationed there.
Related:
Al-Hol camp: 2023-03-30 Norway says repatriating five from ISIS-linked camp in Syria
Al-Hol camp: 2023-03-13 Repatriation of Iraqis from al-Hol camp is ‘impossible’: Expert
Al-Hol camp: 2023-03-03 Around 3000 ‘dangerous’ Iraqi terrorists in Hasaka: Iraqi top military spox
Related:
Rojava: 2023-04-29 SDF captures ISIS operative in Hasaka: Coalition
Rojava: 2023-04-26 Suspected Turkish drone strike kills SDF fighter in Kobane
Rojava: 2023-04-26 Turkey detains over 100 pro-Kurdish individuals ahead of elections
Related:
Hasaka: 2023-05-01 SDF arrests ISIS members, leader in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
Hasaka: 2023-04-29 SDF captures ISIS operative in Hasaka: Coalition
Hasaka: 2023-04-18 ISIS claims responsibility for targeting a military vehicle of the SDF in Hasakah
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