The SDF commandos, in cooperation with the international coalition forces, carried out a series of successful security operations in the northern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, resulting in apprehending and eliminating several ISIS operatives.

In the first successful operation, SDF forces apprehended the terrorist Khaled al-Khalifa al-Suhail. He had joined ISIS at its inception in Deir ez-Zor, and he conducted surveillance and participated in attacks against SDF forces in Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor. Following the liberation of these areas, the terrorist al-Suhail fled to Turkey in 2021. However, he re-entered Syria in 2023 and resumed clandestine activities for ISIS.

In the second operation, SDF forces apprehended the terrorist Faisal Muhammad Mubarak, also known as Abu Muslim al-Faouri. The terrorist al-Faouri joined ISIS during its control of Palmyra and the Homs countryside. He remained active even after the group retreated to Deir ez-Zor, fighting against SDF forces in al-Baghouz. Until his arrest, al-Faouri secretly conducted terrorist acts and gathered intelligence for ISIS.

In the same context, on Thursday morning, two ISIS operatives targeted the civilian Hassan al-Hussein al-Salameh and another civilian while traveling by motorcycle near Hajin town. SDF forces pursued the attackers, resulting in the elimination of one terrorist and the wounding and apprehending of another.