CENTCOM Forces Capture ‘Yemeni ISIS Operative’ in Syria

Arab World

April 13th, 8:42am

London - Asharq Al-Awsat

Members of the terrorist ISIS in Syria. (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)

The US Central Command forces conducted a helicopter raid in eastern Syria late on the evening of April 8, capturing Hudayfah al Yemeni, an ISIS attack facilitator, and two of his associates. “The capture of Hudayfah al Yemeni and his associates will disrupt the organization's ability to plot and carry out operations,” they said in a statement. No civilians were killed or injured, it added. “Operations against ISIS are important for the security and stability of the region,” said Col. Joe Buccino, a CENTCOM spokesperson. “ISIS remains a threat to the region and beyond – the group retains the capability to conduct operations in Iraq and Syria with a desire to strike beyond the Middle East,” Buccino added. Unidentified gunmen, who are likely to belong to “ISIS” cells, attacked a group of young men who were searching for “truffle” in Al-Midan area north of Palmyra city in the eastern countryside of Homs, resulting in the death of three persons, while the gunmen fled to an unknown destination. The cells have remarkably increased their attacks, especially against “truffle” hunters in the Syrian desert. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) activists documented 50 operations by terrorist cells within the Autonomous Administration regions since 2023. The operations were armed attacks and explosions. SOHR documented 34 deaths, including five civilians and 26 from the Syrian Democratic Forces, the internal security forces, other military formations at the Autonomous Administration regions, an unidentified person, and two members from the “organization”.

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