Overview
- Authorities say security forces conducted 61 raids across several provinces, seizing explosives, weapons and other materials.
- Officials report that many detainees were wanted on terrorism-linked offenses, with seized evidence now under examination and investigations ongoing.
- The Interior Ministry describes the operation as based on “precise” intelligence following weeks of surveillance and coordination with the General Intelligence Directorate.
- State-released footage shows units raiding suspected ISIS locations, according to media reports.
- Sky News reports the United States is preparing a military presence in Damascus tied to a prospective Syria–Israel security pact, a claim not independently confirmed.