"Syria has carried out nationwide preemptive operations targeting Islamic State cells, a spokesperson for the interior ministry said on Saturday. Syrian security forces carried out 61 raids, with 71 people arrested and explosives and weapons seized, the spokesperson told state-run Al Ekhbariya TV. The raids come ahead of a trip by the Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa to Washington to meet US president Donald Trump and join an anti-Islamic State US-led coalition."
"The US state department and Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Washington is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact the US is brokering between Syria and Israel, six sources familiar with the matter previously told Reuters. A US administration official also previously said that Washington was constantly evaluating its necessary posture in Syria to effectively combat Islamic State."
Syrian security forces conducted nationwide preemptive operations targeting Islamic State cells, carrying out 61 raids with 71 people arrested and explosives and weapons seized, the interior ministry spokesperson told state-run Al Ekhbariya TV. The raids occurred ahead of a trip by Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa to Washington to meet US president Donald Trump and join an anti-Islamic State US-led coalition. The US State Department and Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Washington is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact between Syria and Israel, six sources previously told Reuters. A US administration official said Washington was constantly evaluating its necessary posture in Syria to effectively combat Islamic State.
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