Four members of Syria’s Internal Security Forces were killed on Monday in an attack by the ISIS (Daesh) terrorist group targeting a checkpoint west of Raqqa in northeastern Syria, the Interior Ministry said.
In a statement, the ministry confirmed that an Internal Security Forces checkpoint in Raqqa was subjected to what it described as a terrorist assault. Four personnel were killed and two others were injured.
Security forces managed to neutralise one suspected Daesh attacker, the statement said, adding that operations are continuing to comb the area and pursue any remaining elements involved in the attack.
The ministry noted that this was the second assault on security forces in the area within two days. The same checkpoint was reportedly targeted on Sunday, when an attacker was killed.
Earlier, Syria’s state news agency SANA, citing an unnamed security source, reported that four internal security members had been killed in an ISIS attack on the al-Sabahiya checkpoint west of Raqqa. Military police units were deployed to secure the area following the incident, according to the agency.
ISIS sleeper cells remain active in parts of northeastern Syria. The group seized control of Raqqa in 2014, declaring it the capital of its so-called caliphate, before being driven out in 2017 by a US-led international coalition.
The region subsequently fell under the control of the YPG/SDF, which Türkiye considers a terrorist organisation. The Syrian Army has recently regained control of the area.
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