Arrest of ISIS cell involved in assassinations in Deir ez-Zor

The Syrian General Intelligence Directorate, in cooperation with the Internal Security Forces in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, arrested a two-member terrorist cell affiliated with the Daesh (ISIS) organization following precise intelligence monitoring. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quoted the Internal Security Forces as stating that investigations revealed the detainees’ involvement in carrying out a series of assassinations in the governorate, the latest of which was the shooting of Defense Ministry employee Ibrahim Al-Jassim near Al-Rashid Mosque in the city of Mayadin. The operation also led to the seizure of weapons and ammunition found inside the cell’s hideout. Competent authorities are continuing their investigations with the terrorists to uncover their connections, with a view to bringing them to justice.

Previously, on the 16th of last month, the General Intelligence Directorate, in cooperation with the Internal Security Forces, foiled a plot by a Daesh-affiliated cell to target a police patrol in Damascus countryside Governorate. On the 10th of the same month, the Internal Security Forces, in collaboration with the General Intelligence Directorate, dismantled a Daesh-linked cell in the Hula area of Homs countryside, thwarting terrorist plots targeting places of worship and Internal Security Forces patrols.