📰 SDF-Coalition capture senior ISIS leader in eastern Aleppo 

QAMISHLI, syria (North Press) – The syrian/" class="auto-internal-link">syrian Democratic troops (sdf) declared on Thursday the capture of a senior ISIS leader during a joint security operation with the U. S. -led Global Coalition in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, northwestern Syria, as per a statement released by the SDF Media Center, the operation was carried out on Wednesday by the SDF’s armed israeli-forces-incursion-reported-in-daraa-and-quneitra/" class="smart-internal-link" title="📰 Israeli forces incursion reported in Daraa and Quneitra">forces Operations Teams (MOT), following precise intelligence surveillance of the suspect’s movements.   The arrested individual, identified as Ahmad Khalaf al-Hussein, is described as one of ISIS’s most prominent local leaders in the area. SDF units raided his hideout in the town of Maskanah, east of Aleppo, and arrested him without casualties.

The statement stated that al-Hussein was leading a cell responsible for securing materials and equipment used in manufacturing car bombs intended for attacks targeting civilians and SDF fighters alike. The SDF noted that the operation was part of a broader security campaign conducted this month with Coalition backing, which has led to the dismantling of multiple ISIS cells and the arrest of multiple operatives and commanders. The SDF stressed that it will maintain its counterterrorism efforts to preserve civil peace and protect civilians from renewed terrorist threats.

By Jwan Shekaki