The Syrian state-run news agency (SANA) announced on Friday that American forces executed an airborne operation in Deir al-Zour province, east of the country, arresting several individuals.
What are the details of the airborne operation?
* SANA reported that the U.S. military carried out the operation in conjunction with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which are supported by Washington.
* The airborne operation was conducted in the town of Akidat in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour.
* The agency quoted local sources saying that U.S. aircraft carried out the operation at dawn on Friday in partnership with SDF fighters, accompanied by heavy and random gunfire on the residents’ homes and the surrounding agricultural lands.
* The sources revealed that American soldiers and SDF fighters besieged the town, raided several houses, and kidnapped citizens, taking them to nearby U.S. military bases.
* The agency described the SDF as a “militia”.
At the beginning of the previous year, 2022, American forces executed an airborne operation in this town, during which a leader in the “ISIS” organization was killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The U.S. forces have been keen on executing airborne operations in Syria, typically via helicopters taking off from bases within Syria or Iraq, accompanied by warplanes and drones. These operations typically aim to arrest members of “ISIS,” or others linked to factions loyal to Iran.
Elements from the SDF participate in these operations, which primarily occur in the provinces of Deir al-Zour and Al-Hasakah, and to a lesser extent in other provinces like Aleppo.
