More than two dozen suspected members and supporters of the Islamic State were arrested in a suburb of Raqqa. The jihadists are increasing their activities in the wake of the Turkish aggression against Rojava.
An increase in the number of suspected members and supporters of the cell network of the Islamic State has been reported in the autonomous region of Northern and Eastern Syria.
The Internal Security Forces (Asayîş) and its anti-terror unit HAT arrested more than two dozen people during a security operation near Raqqa. The 27 suspects are accused of belonging to or supporting ISIS sleeper cells, the Asayîş said on Saturday night.
The operation took place in Al-Karamah, a suburb around 25 kilometers east of the city of Raqqa. The operation was necessary to keep the threat posed by attacks in Northern and Eastern Syria as low as possible. “There is suspicion of specific plans for attacks. Several people arrested are accused of preparing a serious act of violence that endangers the region,” said the Asayîş. Various weapons and ammunition were also confiscated.
ISIS increased its activities
After the fall of the Assad regime, the operation led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to get to power, and the simultaneous occupation offensives by Turkey and the Syrian National Army against areas controlled by the Autonomous Administration, the Islamic State has partly resumed its activities, and launched some attacks.
ISIS is trying to use the attacks by the Turkish army and its mercenaries in the region to go back on the offensive itself. In recent days and weeks, there have already been various anti-ISIS operations by Asayîş and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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