Israel National News reports: “A senior Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist leader was captured late Wednesday in a joint operation carried out by Syrian security forces and the US-led international coalition against terrorism near Damascus, the Anadolu news agency reported.
The detainee, identified as Taha al-Zoubi, also known by his nom de guerre Abu Omar Tibiya, served as the organization’s ‘governor of Damascus’. He was seized along with several of his aides.
According to Syria’s state television channel Al-Ikhbariyah, citing a source from the Interior Ministry, ‘as a result of the operation carried out by coalition forces and internal security units, ISIS’s so-called Damascus governor was captured.’
Brigadier General Ahmad al-Dalati, head of Internal Security in the Damascus Countryside, told Syria’s official SANA news agency that after a prolonged period of surveillance, the General Intelligence Directorate under the Interior Ministry, working in coordination with coalition forces, launched a joint operation targeting an ISIS cell in the Muaddamiyah district…”
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