28-07-2024
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday announced that its anti-terrorism units, in cooperation with the global coalition, have dismantled an Islamic State (ISIS) cell in northern Raqqa province, killing an operative and arresting another.
The SDF said in a statement that its anti-terrorism units (YAT) conducted a security operation with support from the global coalition, targeting “an ISIS terrorist cell consisting of two terrorists in al-Karamah, east of Raqqa City.
“Supported by Coalition aerial surveillance, our YAT forces raided the hideout of the terrorist cell. One of the terrorists, Abu al-Harith, refused to answer the call for safe surrender and opened fire on our forces who dealt with the situation professionally and eliminated him,” said the SDF, adding that another member, named Saad Salim al-Hamdan, was captured in the raid.
Though the jihadists no longer control any territory, they continue to pose a security risk by carrying out kidnappings, hit-and-run attacks, and bombings, and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who control Rojava, conduct frequent operations against the group.
The SDF has increased its anti-ISIS operations in recent weeks.
On Saturday, the SDF announced that its forces killed an ISIS operative during a security operation in eastern Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province. 
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