SNA leader arrested, member killed in Raqqa’s Tel Abyad

RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – On Monday, a member of a Turkish-backed faction of the Syrian National Army (SNA) was killed, and an SNA leader was arrested during a raid carried out by the SNA’s Military Police on his headquarters in the city of Tal Abyad, north of Raqqa.

A source told North Press that members of the Military Police, backed by Turkish intelligence, raided at dawn on Monday the headquarters of a brigade of the SNA’s Levant Front faction.

The Military Police arrested the brigade’s leader, Hussein Abu Ali al-Ageidi, after killing his security guard Shihab al-Nuaimi.

He added that the raid, which included three headquarters of different SNA factions, was carried out under the supervision of Turkish intelligence under the pretext of searching for drug dealers.

Reporting by Hani Salem