Along with heavy fighting by our units within the Syrian Democratic Forces against ISIS terrorists, security operations are constantly being carried out in order to ensure safety in the areas liberated. 6 foreign jihadists of various nationalities who had been actively participated in terrorist activities of the group for years were captured alive in an operation. ID information of terrrorists are as follows;

Dmitry Simonov (Abu Isa al-Rusi), Russia Mahmoud Se’id Ateb (Abu Mushab al-Almani), Germany Nicholas Joseph Lee (Abu Yousuf al-Amriki), Latin America Emrah Rıfat Ozanoğlu (Abu Fatima al-Turki), Turkey Abrar Mohammad (Abu Zubair al-Sweidi), Sweden Hisham al-Arabi (Abu Maryam al-Maghribi), Morocco

While the operation to clear ISIS in its last pocket in northern Syria goes on, the sleeper cells the group has left behind to carry out insurgency are also being targeted. In this sense we will continue to inform public about the terrorists captured in special operations.

YPG Press Office | February 2, 2019