DAMASCUS: Syria has carried out nationwide pre-emptive operations targeting Daesh cells, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
Syrian security forces carried out 61 raids, with 71 people arrested and explosives and weapons seized, the spokesperson told state-run Al Ekhbariya TV.
The raids come ahead of a trip by Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa to Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump and join an anti-Daesh US-led coalition.
The US State Department and Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Washington is preparing to establish a military presence at an air base in Damascus to help enable a security pact that the US is brokering between Syria and Israel, six sources familiar with the matter
previously told Reuters.
A US administration official also previously said that Washington was constantly evaluating its necessary posture in Syria to effectively combat Daesh.
Syria carries out pre-emptive operations against Daesh cells
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Syria carries out pre-emptive operations against Daesh cells
- Syrian security forces carried out 61 raids, with 71 people arrested
- The raids come ahead of a trip by Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa to Washington
Seven dead, 11 hurt in southern Turkiye bus crash
- Seven people died and 11 others were hurt early Saturday when an intercity bus crashed into a lorry on a motorway in southern Turkiye, the local governor’s office said
ISTANBUL: Seven people died and 11 others were hurt early Saturday when an intercity bus crashed into a lorry on a motorway in southern Turkiye, the local governor’s office said.
The incident, which happened before dawn on the highway linking the cities of Adana and Gaziantep, happened when a coach plowed into an articulated lorry that had stopped after one of its tires blew out, state news agency Anadolu said.
Footage from the scene showed the front right section of the bus was totally mangled where it hit the back of the lorry about 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of Gaziantep.
Quoting the Osmaniye governor’s office, Anadolu said all of the dead and injured were on board the bus with efforts ongoing to to identify the victims.
The lorry driver, who survived the crash, was detained with police closing down the road, it said.
