US EditionSyria says two ISIS members arrested over last month’s Homs mosque blast
Authorities arrested two Islamic State members linked to the mosque bombing that killed at least eight and seized weapons and evidence, amid sectarian tensions in Homs.
- Monday, Syrian authorities announced they arrested Ahmed Attallah al-Diab and Anas al-Zarrad, accused of last month's bombing of the Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib Mosque in Homs.
- Last month, the blast killed at least eight people and sparked mass protests by the Alawite community, while Saraya Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility and authorities blamed IS.
- According to the interior ministry, security forces seized explosive devices, various weapons and different types of ammunition along with documents and digital evidence linking suspects to terrorist acts.
- In recent weeks, authorities have carried out repeated operations against IS cells, sometimes with the international coalition, and on Friday the interior ministry detained the group's 'military commander of the Levant Province'.
- The group's continued desert presence means Washington has announced several strikes against Islamic State in Syria recently, despite its territorial defeat in 2019.
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Interior Ministry Announces Arrest of Perpetrators of a Shiite Mosque Bombing in Homs
The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced on Monday afternoon that security forces in Homs Province, working in coordination with the General Intelligence Directorate, carried out an operation that led to the arrest of Ahmad Attallah Al-Diab and Anas Al-Zarrad. The two men, identified as members of the Islamic State group, are accused of carrying out the bombing that struck the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi Al-Dahab district on 26 De…
Syria arrests IS members over Homs mosque blast
Syrian authorities said Monday that they had arrested two members of the Islamic State (IS) group, accusing them of being behind last month's deadly bombing of a mosque in an Alawite area of Homs. The 26 December attack, which killed at least eight people, sparked mass protests by the Alawite community in the city and elsewhere, as fears persist of renewed sectarian violence after hundreds of members of the religious minority were killed in thei…
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