ISIS reveals operations’ outcome in Syria, world in a week

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – On Friday, the Islamic State (ISIS) announced it carried out six operations in Syria and seven others in Iraq last week.

According to ISIS-run newspaper al-Naba, the operations carried out in Syria were concentrated in Hasakah, Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa which targeted the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian government forces in which eight people were killed.  

On August 15, ISIS claimed that it targeted a vehicle of the SDF by an IED in the town of Sabha in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.  

The Sabha attack followed a day when ISIS claimed an attack on a military base of the SDF in the town of Abu Hardoub in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor. 

On August 10, ISIS claimed responsibility for targeting a military vehicle in the village of Zerr in al-Busayrah town in which three fighters of the SDF lost their lives and a fourth was injured, according to the ISIS.

In Iraq, seven operations were carried out by ISIS leaving seven deaths of the Popular Mobilization Forces, (PMF) and the Iraqi army.

In addition, four military vehicles were destroyed and houses and military vehicles were set on fire, according to al-Naba.

ISIS sleeper cells carried out 29 operations all around the world leaving at least 50 deaths, according to ISIS.

Reporting by Qays al-Abdullah