Thwarting "terrorist" operations that ISIS prepared to carry out on New Year's Eve

Through a quick sweep campaign, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Internal Security Forces thwarted "terrorist" operations that ISIS cells were preparing to carry out on New Year's Eve.

1 January, 2021 15:01

NEWS DESK

The Media Center of the Syrian Democratic Forces issued a statement today, during which it revealed that their forces thwarted terrorist operations that ISIS cells were preparing to carry out on New Year's Eve, and said in the statement:

"Our forces managed to arrest an ISIS cell as it was preparing to carry out a terrorist operation.

On December 31^st, 2020, our forces, together with the Special Forces of the Internal Security Forces in Deir ez-Zor, launched a combing campaign in the towns of Sor and Kesrat and their villages to search for ISIS sleeper cells there, and as a result our forces were able to arrest 14 of those cells.

Those elements who were arrested were preparing to carry out terrorist operations on New Year's Eve, and with this sweep campaign, our forces managed to thwart terrorist operations.

On the same day, our forces launched a campaign in the village of Abo Nitel, in the town of Sor, during which 3 Iraqi ISIS members were killed."

D.H

ANHA