SDF arrests ISIS sleeper cell in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor

World 04:32 PM - 2021-06-01

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On Monday,Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested a sleeper cell that carries out kidnappings and blackmailing under the name of paying zakat to the Islamic State (ISIS), in an ambush in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor, east Syria.

 

Head of the sleeper cell Abdulsalam Hijab al-Ahmad and his friends were arrested in the town of Jadeed Akidat, east of Deir ez-Zor, while they were asking a trader to pay $1,000, a local military source told North Press.

 

The head of the sleeper cell confessed that they carried out kidnappings, asked ransoms and zakat from residents in favor of ISIS, the source added.

 

SDF confiscated broken wireless fists, AK-47s, and ISIS militants’ clothes used during their operations.

 

“Their cell phones contain dozens of messages, audios, and photos that approve that they contacted traders and demanded Zakat under the name of ISIS,” the source noted. 

 

In late 2020, the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) arrested a gang which carried out theft and kidnappings in the town Abu Hamam, east of Deir ez-Zor countryside.

 

 

 

PUKmedia \ The North Press