The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Press Center said in a written statement: "Anti-Terrorism Units (YAT) seized a large amount of ammunition and explosives prepared by the MIT [Turkish Secret Service] in order to create chaos in the areas under the control of the Autonomous Administration in the operation they carried out on 2 September 2020".

The SDF added, "The MIT was aiming at creating a chaos environment in Raqqa as they had previously done in Deir Ez-zor, but failed. With this operation, we foiled the attempt made by MIT.”

The SDF said they sized the following material:

83 mines

50 bomb setups

1 gun

82 pistol bullets

2 silencer guns

2 AK-47

8 AK-47 chargers

700 AK-47 shells