Asayish arrests five key ISIS facilitators in Deir al-Zor: coalition
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant (SOJTF) announced on Tuesday that Asayish has conducted two operations against ISIS resulted in arresting five key ISIS facilitators in Syria’s province of Deir al-Zor.
Last night, #Asayish forces conducted 2 operations targeting #daesh criminals, resulting in the capture of five key terror facilitators across the #MERV in #NESyria. Ops like these degrade terror networks and demonstrate partner commitment to the #security of the region.
— Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant (@SOJTF_LEVANT) June 7, 2022
“Such operations degrade terror networks and demonstrate partner commitment to the security of the region,” the official account for the US Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant (SOJTF LEVANT) tweeted.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the coalition carry out such operations regularly against ISIS in northeast Syria to prevent the militant group from making a resurgence in the region.
Most of the SDF operations are carried out in the Arabic-majority Deir al-Zor province, where most ISIS sleeper cell activities take place.
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