Syria carries out preemptive raids against Islamic State
by Reuters and Agence France-Presse from World news | The Guardian on (#71B1Z)
Security operations came as Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Washington to meet Donald Trump
Syria has carried out nationwide preemptive operations targeting Islamic State cells, a spokesperson for the interior ministry said on Saturday, as the country's president arrived in the US for talks with Donald Trump.
Syrian security forces carried out 61 raids, with 71 people arrested and explosives and weapons seized, the spokesperson told state-run Al Ekhbariya TV.
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