Syrian authorities say three ISIL fighters killed and several other others detained in Aleppo raids.
Syrian safety forces have killed three ISIL (ISIS) fighters and arrested 4 others in Aleppo, authorities mentioned, the primary time the interim authorities has introduced such an operation in opposition to the group in Syria’s second metropolis.
The raids, launched by the Common Safety Division in coordination with the Common Intelligence Service, focused a number of ISIL sleeper cells working throughout Aleppo, Syria’s Ministry of Inside mentioned in an announcement on Saturday.
One safety officer was killed within the operation, it mentioned.
Forces stormed the location and seized “explosive gadgets, an explosive vest and quite a few Common Safety pressure uniforms”, the assertion added.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights mentioned the operation came about in Aleppo’s Haidariya district and that clashes additionally broke out in one other neighbourhood.
Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who assumed energy in Damascus in December, has lengthy opposed ISIL. His forces battled the group’s self-declared caliphate through the Syrian conflict.
US President Donald Trump met al-Sharaa this week in Saudi Arabia and described him as an “enticing man with a really sturdy previous”.
Following the assembly, Washington announced that it will elevate sanctions on Syria – a serious coverage shift and enhance for al-Sharaa’s transitional authorities.
Al-Sharaa seized energy in Damascus in December after his forces toppled Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive. Al-Sharaa lower ties with al-Qaeda in 2016.
The latest operation comes simply months after Syrian authorities mentioned they’d foiled an ISIL bombing plot close to the Sayeda Zeinab shrine, a key pilgrimage web site for Shia Muslims south of Damascus.