[Rudaw] Kurdish-led security forces in northeast Syria (Rojava) announced on Friday the arrest of three suspected members of the Islamic State
 ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) in an early morning raid the day before in eastern Syria.
Internal Security Forces (Asayish) said that their special forces carried out "a qualitative security operation" in the northern countryside of Deir ez-Zor at dawn on Thursday. The operation was supported by the US-led global coalition against ISIS.
"The operation comes within the framework of continuous efforts to pursue the organization's cells and dry up the sources of terrorism in the region," the Asayish said in a statement, adding that there were no casualties during the raid.
During the operation quantities of weapons, documents, and communication devices were seized, the statement added.
"Our specialized security agencies have begun preliminary investigations with them in preparation for their referral to the competent judiciary," the Asayish said.
ISIS was declared territorially defeated in Syria in 2019 but has continued to wage an insurgency. Throughout this year, the group has sought to exploit the instability that followed the fall of longtime dictator Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
in December. Deir ez-Zor has been a hotspot of ISIS activity.
The Asayish and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) carry out frequent operations against the jihadists.
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