The second stage of security campaign in Al-Hasaka and Deir Ez-Zour countryside

The Syrian Democratic Forces “SDF” launched the second stage of its security campaign against Islamic State “IS” cells in the desert region of Al-Hasaka and Deir Ez-Zour countryside.

Through its security campaigns, SDF aim to eliminate the remaining elements of the “State” organization in the region and to paralyze their movements, which occasionally target their points by planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and launching armed attacks.

The forces launched a large-scale security campaign on Thursday morning, from two centers in the desert region extending from Al Kasrah town in the northern countryside of Deir Ez-Zour towards Al-Shaddadi town, south of Al-Hasaka governorate.

The security campaign included an estimated area of 70 km long and 60 km wide.

According to a military source told North Press, a quantity of weapons and ammunition were seized during the campaign, in addition to arresting dozens of militants from the cells of the organization.

The campaign, which was carried out with aerial support by the international coalition forces, targeted villages and tents in the same mentioned desert region.

It is expected that the Syrian Democratic Forces disclose the results of their security campaign at a press conference, later.

It is worth mentioning that the Syrian Democratic Forces launched a military campaign on 15 May to comb the surroundings of Al-Shiheil town in the eastern countryside of Deir Ez-Zour, during which 42 militants were arrested and a number of weapons and ammunition seized.

Two days ago, the forces also destroyed a car bomb for the organization in a village belonging to the town of Al-Sour, east of Deir Ez-Zour.