...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), were arrested in a security operation by Kurdish security forces (Asayish) in the northern Raqqa province, the force said on Saturday.
"As part of the ongoing efforts to enhance security and stability in our areas, our security forces carried out a large-scale security campaign east of Raqqa ... resulting in the arrest of 27 people, some of whom belonged to these [ISIS] cells and other criminals in the area," the Asayish said in a statement.
The arrests come as ISIS cells attempt to exploit the security vacuum created in parts of the country after the downfall of Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Supressor of the Damascenes...
’s regime, particularly in desert areas which the former regime used to loosely control.