Syrian Democratic Forces arrest 4 ISIS suspects in Deir al-Zor

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - The US-led Coalition on Monday confirmed that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested four ISIS suspects with Coalition Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) support.

The Asayish & #SDF, enabled by @Coalition's ISR, completed another anti-Daesh op east Deir ez-Zor. 4 terrorists were arrested, making the surrounding area safer & secure. The Coalition will continue working w/ our SDF partners to create conditions where Daesh cannot thrive again.

— OIR Spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto (@OIRSpox) August 2, 2021

“4 terrorists were arrested, making the surrounding area safer & secure. The Coalition will continue working w/ our SDF partners to create conditions where Daesh [ISIS] cannot thrive again,” Wayne Marotto, Spokesman for the US-led Coalition, said in a tweet on Monday.

The SDF's Coordination and Military Operations Center, in a tweet on Sunday, added that weapons and equipment were confiscated during the operation.

SDF counter-terrorism units carried out two other security operations this week that led to the arrest of two suspected ISIS leaders in southern Hasakah, the SDF Press Centre said on Saturday.

In a separate operation on July 27, the SDF arrested four more ISIS suspects in the Deir al-Zor region.

Although the SDF and the coalition announced the territorial defeat of ISIS in Syria in March 2019, sleeper cell attacks persist in what appears to be a deliberate campaign to destabilize northeastern parts of the nation, primarily in cities, towns, and rural tracts of land once under the extremist group’s control.

According to the latest monthly report released by the SDF’s Military Observation Desk (MOD), ISIS had carried out 11 attacks in northeastern Syria in June, but that SDF forces had arrested 57 wanted persons, “most of whom are members of terrorist cells in separate areas.”