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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Kurdish Syria: going after ISIS in Hasakah with Iraqi Kurdistan CTG, Asayish fighter toes up in Deir ez-Zor

2023-07-22

SDF, CGT launch counter-terrorism operation in Syria’s Hasakah
Jul 20, 2023
[NPASyria] On Thursday, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced the launch of a security operation against a sleeper cell 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) in Hasakah Governorate in northeast Syria.

According to the SDF Media Center, the Counter-Terrorism Group (CTG) of Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) participated in the operation. The operation led to the arrest of three ISIS members who were deeply involved in terrorist activities that aimed at disrupting the security and stability of the Deir ez-Zor and posing a serious threat to innocent civilians.

"The operation resulted in the elimination of two terrorists, and one was successfully apprehended. Additionally, several weapons and ammunition were seized," The SDF Media Center read.

Asayish fighter killed in western Deir ez-Zor
Jul 20, 2023
[NPASyria] On Wednesday, unknown button men rubbed out a member of the Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria (Asayish) in a town in western Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.

According to an Asayish military source from the in the town of Muhaimideh in western Deir ez-Zor, unknown button men riding a cycle of violence shot at and injured Hussein al-Khabur, 26, on the main road in the town. He was then transferred to a hospital in Raqqa for treatment, but he died before reaching there.

Such operations are common in Deir ez-Zor countryside, despite the intensive security operations carried out by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the US-led Global Coalition.

On Tuesday, an SDF fighter was killed similarly in the town of al-Azbah in northern Deir ez-Zor. The Islamic State (ISIS) later grabbed credit for the attack.

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