The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced results of their recent security operation in southeastern Deir Ezzor in an official statement released on May 17.
“The SDF launched a campaign against ISIS sleeper cells in a 180 km long, 80 km wide area, and announced the campaign on the 15th of this month. 5,000 SDF fighters participated in the campaign,” The group said in the statement, which was read by a commander named Djuar Halab.
In the course of the operation, 42 members of the terrorist group were captured. Large quantities of weapons, including more than 40 sniper rifles, were also seized.
“Most of these weapons were seized in the desert of al-Dushisha,” the SDF explained in its statement .
The group claimed that the operation was aimed at securing the recently liberated areas in the southeastern Deir Ezzor countryside. These areas witnessed a series of hit and attacks and a wave of protests recently.
Some local observers believe that the SDF would fail to secure these areas on the long run, as the resentment is growing among local Arabs. ISIS is already trying to take advantage of this situation to fuel ethnic tensions.
Photos:
Click to see full-size image. Source: ANHA.
Click to see full-size image. Source: ANHA.
Click to see full-size image. Source: ANHA.
Click to see full-size image. Source: ANHA.
Click to see full-size image. Source: ANHA.
Click to see full-size image. Source: ANHA.
Kurds are terrorists and traitors to the Syrian govt. President Assad will liberate every inch of Syria from ISIS terrorists and all other terrorists.
Assad is also a terrorist. Assad, PKK and ISIS/HTS are all murderers.
look who’s talking
zioterrorists fighting the competition sounds just about right. I wonder when their turn will come to be eliminated from syria.
Syrian army says its air defense units have brought down several projectiles fired from Israeli-occupied territories. Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing its correspondent, said that the Israeli aerial aggression occurred on Friday night. Other reports, quoting some residents in the Syrian capital, said several loud explosions were heard near Damascus.
israeli satanic Evil pricks attacked damascus on Friday 17.05.2019
and i´ll say it over and over again……fight back……fire back….fire Missiles at int. bengurion Airport….make it close down….firew Missiles to day….. fire Missiles 3 days after…. again 3 days after..and tell the eworld and Israel your intl´airport is now closed for the entire monthn of june.this will have enormous Backlash for Israels Society and economy.And tell them any further attack by you jews….same game…we will sporadiclyy shoot our Missiles at bengurion intl. Airport each time for 1 entire month untill u get the message.
this is getting pathetic by syrian Leadership…..and just makes your enemy ever more bolden.
death to america. death to the Israel curse on the jews
try use a bit your brain before you suggesting, what you do.
PKK is a terror organization. They want to destroy the indigenous habitants of Syria.
One has to acknowledge that a rather large % of the local population, some 40% , cooperated actively with IS, of which at least half was ideologically supportive of IS. Sleeper cells can be found among those. As SDF captured 42+20 and killed at least 6, they have taken out a sizable portion and arrest will lead to more arrests. Local protest are also mostly out of the same coups. Maybe they should be driven out.