Asayish captures suspected ISIS member in Raqqa
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Asayish (also known as Internal Security Forces) captured a suspected ISIS member near Raqqa in Syria, the official Twitter account of the US-led Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant (SOJTF LEVANT) announced on Wednesday.
“Our partner forces continue their commitment to security and the enduring defeat of Daesh (Arabic acronym for ISIS),” read the tweet.
The #Asayish captured a #Daesh member near #Raqqa in #Syria. Our partner forces continue their commitment to security and the enduring defeat of Daesh. #DefeatDaesh https://t.co/SzzojUno11
— Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant (@SOJTF_LEVANT) March 30, 2022
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Coordination and Military Center also tweeted that the ISIS individual was arrested by anti-terror units of the Asayish.
“The wanted individual was active in facilitating transportation, and was willing with his cell to hit security, stability, and threatening civilians,” read the tweet.
A wanted #Daesh individual was arrested near #Raqqa, in an Op by our #Asaiysh anti-terror units, were it targeted his existence location.
— Coordination & Military Ops Center - SDF (@cmoc_sdf) March 29, 2022
The wanted individual was active in facilitating transportation, &was willing with his cell to hit security ,stability, &threatening civilians pic.twitter.com/5DLCjdnrOY
ISIS regularly carries out so-called sleeper cell attacks in SDF-held areas in eastern Syria.
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The SDF liberated Raqqa from ISIS in October 2017 with support from the US-led coalition. The entirety of ISIS's self-styled caliphate was destroyed after the SDF captured the eastern town of Baghouz in March 2019.
The SDF rarely carries out operations against ISIS sleeper cells in Raqqa since most ISIS sleeper cell activity is in the eastern Arab-majority Deir al-Zor province.