SDF and Global Coalition operation against ISIS in Deir ez-Zor

Deir ez-Zor – North-Press Agency

A source from the Coordination Office of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stated that the SDF-affiliated counterterrorism units, known as YAT, accompanied by the Global Coalition, raided an ISIS sleeper cell in the town of al-Buseira, east of Deir ez-Zor. 

The source said that their forces arrested one of the cell's members and transferred him for investigation, stating that they are continuing to pursue the rest of the cell's members. 

On Thursday, Global Coalition Against ISIS spokesman Col. Myles Caggins tweeted that Coalition and SDF forces carried out a joint operation against ISIS members in Deir ez-Zor the day before.

Col. Caggins added that the operation targeted members in charge of terrorist activities in Deir ez-Zor governorate, and that they arrested a mid-level ISIS member during the operation.

ISIS sleeper cells are active in the Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor countrysides, especially after the Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria in October last year after US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw US forces from Syria.

With support of the Global Coalition, the SDF have intensified their operations against leaders and members of ISIS in widespread areas in the region. 

On Saturday, SDF counter-terrorism forces arrested two ISIS members in two separate operations in the city of Raqqa.