Syrian security forces arrest a leader in a cell involved in the killing of security personnel in Daraa

Today (Saturday), Syrian security forces announced the arrest of one of the most prominent officials in a cell involved in the killing of 3 of its members during an operation against extremists in the south of the country, according to what was published by Agence France-Presse.

The official Syrian News Agency (SANA) said: “The Internal Security Forces in Daraa Governorate arrested Walid Al-Falah, one of the most prominent leaders of the cell involved in the martyrdom of 3 security force members in Al-Sanamayn” in the Daraa countryside.

The three security personnel were killed in a clash with an armed group in Daraa, southern Syria, during a security raid against a wanted person, according to what the authorities announced last Thursday, while a government source told Agence France-Presse that the wanted person belongs to ISIS.

Security forces later arrested five people, and Syrian Interior Ministry spokesman Nour al-Din al-Baba announced that the operation allowed “the dismantling of criminal cells and others linked to ISIS that were coordinating among themselves.”

ISIS, which controlled large areas in Iraq and Syria until its defeat in its last stronghold in Syria in 2019, from time to time adopts attacks that particularly target the Syrian security forces, after it urged its members to fight the new authorities following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.

The Syrian government announced late last year that it had officially joined the international coalition to combat the extremist organization.

Ten years after the ban, Iraq announced yesterday (Friday) the opening of areas designated for military operations to civilian airspace.

These areas, from the farthest part of Nineveh Governorate to the south of the Anbar Desert, were mostly designated for flights of the international coalition to fight ISIS, alongside the Iraqi Air Force. Iraq began banning it in late 2016.

The Iraqi Ministry of Transport confirmed that “the airspace management team at the Air Operations Center has proven, technically, that the military air zones listed in the Iraqi air guide are no longer used for military operations.”