Syrian Security Forces deploy, conduct searches in Daraa countryside
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Syrian Internal Security Forces deployed across neighborhoods of Sanamayn in northern Daraa governorate on Thursday following clashes with wanted individuals, according to the Interior Ministry and local sources.
The Internal Security Forces said they deployed in the city after clashes ended and security forces established control over areas where what it described as “armed groups operating outside the law” had been stationed.
Local sources told North Press that three Internal Security Forces members were killed and others were injured during clashes with wanted individuals in Sanamayn. The clashes involved light weapons and took place in several neighborhoods of the city.
Earlier Thursday, Nour al-Din al-Baba, spokesperson for Syria’s Interior Ministry, told Syrian state broadcaster Al-Ikhbariya that the Criminal Investigations Department had carried out a raid in Sanamayn to arrest a suspected criminal cell following surveillance operations.
Al-Baba said the suspected cell had a network of ties and interests with individuals suspected of belonging to ISIS in Daraa governorate. He added that the cell had carried out several criminal operations.