The SDF, supported by the coalition, “conducted a precise security operation in the city of Hasaka. The operation targeted a senior ISIS official responsible for the group’s General Research Division in Syria, who was involved in identifying targets for terrorist attacks,” the People’s Protection Units (YPG) - the SDF’s backbone - said in a statement.
The Kurdish-led and US-backed SDF, the de facto army of Rojava, has carried out numerous operations this year to counter what they say is a resurgence in ISIS activity, targeting both their forces and civilians.
“This mission reflects the continued efforts of the Syrian Democratic Forces to pursue ISIS remnants, dismantle their operational structures, and safeguard the region from terrorist threats,” the statement added.
ISIS rose to power and seized swathes of Iraqi and Syrian land in a brazen offensive in 2014, declaring a so-called “caliphate.” The SDF defeated the group in Syria in 2019 with the help of the US-led global coalition against ISIS.
On Wednesday, at least one Kurdish-led internal security forces (Asayish) member was injured in two separate suspected ISIS attacks in Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zor province.
