{"id":126109,"date":"2025-05-26T12:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=126109"},"modified":"2025-05-26T12:30:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:30:38","slug":"syrian-authorities-arrest-isis-cell-seize-weapons-cache-near-damascus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126109\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian authorities arrest ISIS cell, seize weapons cache near Damascus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced on Monday the arrest of an Islamic State (ISIS) cell and the seizure of a cache of weapons in the countryside of the capital, Damascus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hussam al-Tahan, head of internal security in Rif Dimashq Governorate, stated that authorities had received intelligence about ISIS activity in several areas of Western Ghouta, including al-Kiswah, Deir Khabiyah, al-Muqayliba, and Zakiyah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that after collecting information and monitoring the suspects\u2019 movements, security forces raided the cell\u2019s hideout on Sunday. 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