Syria’s General Intelligence Service announced on Saturday that, in coordination with the General Security Service, it successfully thwarted a planned bombing of the Sayyida Zainab shrine in the Damascus countryside. The official news agency SANA reported the incident, attributing the foiled attack to the ISIS terrorist group.
According to SANA, the General Intelligence Service arrested individuals involved in the bombing attempt, all identified as members of ISIS.
The thwarted attack follows an incident on Friday in Aleppo province, northern Syria, where the General Security Service uncovered a car bomb intended to detonate at a military checkpoint on the city’s outskirts.
Amid these developments, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) denied any involvement in the Aleppo car bombing after accusations from the Syrian General Security Service that the SDF had rigged the vehicle. Syrian media outlets reported that the SDF proposed collaborating with the Syrian Interim Government’s security services to investigate and reveal those responsible for the bombings in Aleppo and other areas.
The SDF emphasized that the region separating its territories from areas under the control of the Military Operations Department near Aleppo is dominated by factions affiliated with Turkey, which, it claimed, aim to “undermine security, stability, and the constructive dialogue between the SDF and the new Syrian administration.”
In a televised interview on Friday, SDF commander Mazloum Abdi reiterated his forces’ readiness to coordinate with the new Syrian administration, particularly in combating ISIS and other shared security concerns.
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