Combing operations against ISIS continue in Syria’s Hasakah: SDF commander
TEL-TAMR, Syria (North Press) – The SDF combing operations in search of ISIS militants are continuing. There is no specific timetable for ending the security operations, Hussein Salmo, commander of the Military Council of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Jazira region, said on Sunday.
Since last month, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have started extensive combing campaigns in the city of Hasakah and its countryside, following the attack by ISIS militants on al-Sina’a prison, which houses about five thousand members of ISIS, in Hasakah’s Ghweran neighborhood, northeast Syria.
Extensive combing operations within the area have been conducted by the security forces, in search of ISIS members whom the SDF believes participated in the attack on the prison, and a number of them may have escaped from prison during the attack.
“The combing operations are carried out to maintain the security and stability of the region. These operations include the neighborhoods of Hasakah city and its countryside, which extends to the town of Tel-Tamr in the north,” Salmo said.
The commander of the Military Council said that “during the 20-day combing operations, many ISIS mercenaries and its sleeper cells were arrested and many weapons and explosive materials they had were seized.”
“So far, the results of the combing operations are positive,” he added.
Many ISIS sleeper cells, who were on the wanted list of SDF for years and were hiding in the area, were arrested, Salmo said.
“The combing operations are continuing with no specific timetable to finish,” the commander of the Military Council stressed.