Syrian Democratic Forces and Coalition arrest ISIS members in Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), with the support of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, arrested members of a cell affiliated with the Islamic State in the Deir ez-Zor countryside.
The SDF’s Coordination and Military Operations Center announced on its Twitter account the arrest of two members of an ISIS cell in the town of Dhiban in Deir ez-Zor’s eastern countryside.
The arrests come as a result of the continuing direct coordination between the SDF and Global Coalition to pursue ISIS sleeper cells in northeastern Syria.
The SDF added that SDF Special Forces were able, to arrest the men during a raid, and that one of the wanted men was planning bombings in several areas in northeast Syria, and that the operation was carried out with air support by the Global Coalition.