{"id":883,"date":"2025-02-16T08:31:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T04:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/?p=883"},"modified":"2025-02-16T08:31:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T04:01:49","slug":"head-of-isis-attack-operations-arrested-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/head-of-isis-attack-operations-arrested-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of ISIS Attack Operations Arrested in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Weezha Roz<\/span>-Kabul<\/strong>-Syrian security officials announced on Saturday, 27 Dalw (16 February 2025), that &#8220;Abu al-Harith al-Iraqi,&#8221; a senior ISIS leader and mastermind behind the group\u2019s terrorist operations, had been captured in a special operation.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported the news, citing an informed source within the country\u2019s intelligence service.<\/p>\n<p>Abu al-Harith al-Iraqi held key positions within ISIS\u2019s organizational structure in its so-called &#8220;Wilayat Iraq&#8221; (Iraq Province), including overseeing migrant files,deputy head of equipment procurement, and planning terrorist operations.<\/p>\n<p>He is identified as the primary architect of several deadly attacks, such as:<br \/>\nThe assassination of Maysar al-Jabouri, a prominent military commander of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (also known as Abu Maria al-Qahtani).<\/p>\n<p>Orchestrating a plot to attack the Sayyidah Zainab Shrine on the outskirts of Damascus, which was thwarted by Syrian security forces before execution.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian intelligence source emphasized in a statement to SANA:<br \/>\n&#8220;This arrest is the result of months of intelligence efforts to track ISIS\u2019s underground networks.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Iraqi played a pivotal role not only in recent attacks but also in escalating instability in Syria-Iraq border regions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the weakening of its organizational structure in recent years, ISIS remains active in eastern Syria and areas controlled by opposition forces.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate a surge in the group\u2019s attacks over recent months, including mass executions of civilians and the release of crime videos on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest comes as ISIS attempts to rebuild its structure by appointing new leaders, such as Abu al-Hussein al-Hashemi al-Qurashi.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Iraqi, a veteran and influential figure within ISIS, was critical in coordinating activities between the group\u2019s Iraqi and Syrian branches.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts believe his capture will significantly degrade ISIS\u2019s operational capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>No official international reactions to the arrest have been issued yet. However, the United Nations has previously warned that ISIS activities in Syria, if left unaddressed, could lead to a large-scale humanitarian catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>Weezha Roz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weezha Roz-Kabul-Syrian security officials announced on Saturday, 27 Dalw (16 February 2025), that &#8220;Abu al-Harith al-Iraqi,&#8221; a senior ISIS leader and mastermind behind the group\u2019s terrorist operations, had been captured in a special operation. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported the news, citing an informed source within the country\u2019s intelligence service. Abu al-Harith al-Iraqi &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}