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| SDF announces dismantling 'dangerous' ISIS cell in Syria's Raqqah |
| 2025-08-23 |
| [Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Friday that they dismantled a "dangerous" Islamic State (ISIS) cell in Raqqah during a military operation. “Following sustained surveillance and intelligence gathering on the cell’s movements and activities, our forces raided the terrorist hideout and successfully captured four dangerous terrorists,” the SDF said in a statement. The Islamic State, which was territorially defeated in 2019, has recently sought to regain ground, taking advantage of instability in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. According to the statement the captured “terrorists confessed to carrying out several terrorist attacks, including terrorist attacks on the Internal Security Forces in Raqqa city and its surrounding countryside,” which had resulted in the killing of several individuals In their confessions, they admitted they had carried out hit-and-run operations against the SDF. This operation follows a recent surge in ISIS attacks and ambushes targeting SDF forces. The SDF added that the busted ISIS cell had planned further attacks on their forces. The capture of the ISIS group comes a day after the US military confirmed their forces killed a senior ISIS member in northwest Syria’s Idlib province earlier this week, originally reported by Syrian media. |
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