ANHA agency obtained ISIS names joined to so-called Syrian National Army

ISIS mercenaries have received unlimited support from the Turkish occupation state and some Arab countries since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, and Rojava has become the center of the struggle against ISIS, which fell into trouble with the formation of the International Coalition to Defaet ISIS. In light of this, the Turkish occupation state has made great efforts to maintain its influence and control. In the region, it did not sever its ties with ISIS and continued its support for the mercenaries in different and new ways and strategies.

In its report issued in 2021 under the title “Continuing Violations Without Accountability: Prominent ISIS Members in the Ranks of the Syrian National Army,” Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) documented the transfer of 27 members of ISIS mercenaries, including leaders of different ranks, to the mercenaries of the so-called Turkish occupation state. The "Syrian National Army" occupies many areas in North and East Syria.

According to confirmed information from our own sources, the identities of the ISIS mercenaries that the Turkish occupation state incorporated into its mercenaries, including the “Syrian National Army,” are:

Muthanna Khalil Al-Hassan was born in 1990 in the city of al-Mayadeen in Deir ez-Zor. He is a former member of ISIS and fought within ISIS in Palmyra, Raqqa, and Iraq. He now lives in Girê Spi, occupied by the Turkish state, and is known among the ranks of the mercenaries of the “Syrian National Army” as “Abu Al-Wafa.” He now belongs to the mercenaries of the Levant Front.

Samih Fouad Yazliji, nicknamed Abu Omar, was born in Girê Spi in 1990. He is a former mercenary in ISIS and fought within it in many areas in Syria and Iraq. He now lives in occupied Girê Spi, and carries out intelligence work within the so-called “Syrian National Army.”

Raad Hassan al-Wafaei was born in the town of al-Mayadeen in 1996. He joined ISIS mercenaries between the years 2015-2017, then moved to the city of al-Bab, which is under Turkish occupation. He is known as Abu Muhammad. He participated in the occupation of Afrin and then joined the ranks of the “Sham Legion” mercenaries.

Adham Fateh al-Shakarji, born in Deir ez-Zor in 2000, was a member of ISIS between 2015-2017. He is now known in the ranks of the “Syrian National Army” as Abu Bakr, and lives in the city of Jarabulus, which is under Turkish occupation.

Tariq Abu Aziz was born in the town of Al-Mayadeen in 1991. He was a member of ISIS between the years 2015-2017. He went to Serêkaniyê with its occupation by Turkey. He is now a mercenary in the ranks of the “Syrian National Army” and is known as Abu Ali.

Majed Mustafa al-Khaled, nicknamed Abu Dujana al-Ansari, was born in the town of al-Mayadeen in 1990. He joined ISIS in 2015, and now belongs to the “Syrian National Army” and lives in occupied Serêkaniyê

Muhammad Anas Al-Obaid was born in 2001 in the village of Darnaj in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor. He was an ISIS mercenary between the years 2014-2017. He later went to the Girê Spi region occupied by the Turkish occupation state, and he is now part of the “Levan Front” mercenaries under the name Abu Muawiyah. .

Muhammad Muhyiddin was born in the village of al-Kubar in Deir ez-Zor. He is a former member of ISIS. He fought alongside ISIS in many wars in Iraq and Syria. He now lives in the Girê Spi region and is known as Arends and belongs to the mercenaries of the Levant Front.

In recent years, the Turkish occupation state has made the occupied areas a safe stronghold for ISIS mercenaries and its leaders, and according to the information we obtained from reliable sources, the National Intelligence Service of the Turkish occupation state (MÎT) granted ISIS mercenaries in the city of Afrin and its villages special cards that enable them to move freely, and mercenaries in the Girê Spi and Suluk districts, which have now turned into ISIS strongholds in Syria, can move freely without any oversight or accountability, and Iraqi ISIS mercenaries undertake the task of securing housing for ISIS families in Serêkaniyê.

On July 12, 2022, it was announced that the former Wali of Damascus and one of the most prominent ISIS leaders, Maher al-Aqal, was killed in the Janders district of Afrin occupied by Turkey. Maher al-Aqal is considered one of the Amirs of ISIS, and he was the one who organized the Perseus massacre and participated in the Kobani massacre in 2014. He was active among the mercenaries with his brothers and cousins.

The operation carried out by the International Coalition against Maher al-Aqal was neither the first nor the last. On June 16 of the same year (2022), during an operation in Jarabulus, a mercenary and a prominent ISIS leader was arrested, in addition to the Wali of Raqqa, Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi, and the leader was arrested. Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi, with intelligence support from the Syrian Democratic Forces.

ISIS bomb expert

Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi (40), from Raqqa, fled to Jarabulus, which is under Turkish occupation, after the Battle of Raqqa, which had been declared the so-called “capital of the caliphate” for ISIS in its strongest stages.

Coalition forces identified Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi as ISIS’ bomb and drone expert, and that he linked ISIS cells in areas such as Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor, and Manbij to each other, and provided them with weapons and ammunition.

Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi, who has ties to the Turkish Intelligence Service (MÎT) in Jarabulus and other areas, disguised himself as a fuel merchant, and it is known that he participated in many massacres and attacks.

In February 2022, during an operation carried out by the International Coalition in cooperation with the Syrian Democratic Forces, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Al-Salbi), the “successor” of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed only few meters from one of the Turkish headquarters in the town of Atma in Idlib.

Al-Baghdadi was killed on the Turkish border

Not to mention the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was responsible for shedding the blood of thousands of Kurds and Syrians, on October 27, 2019, in a joint operation by coalition forces and SDF in the village of Barisha in the Turkish-occupied Idlib governorate, and within the village, which is only 7 km from the Turkish border. There were documents for al-Baghdadi’s entry and exit to and from Turkey, while a number of his family members were later arrested in Turkey.

T/ Satt.

ANHA