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Syria’s Roj camp crackdown: SDF targets ISIS resurgence

Shafaq News/ The Syrian Democratic Forces(SDF) have launched a large-scale security operation in Roj Camp, northeastSyria, that targeted ISIS sleeper cells, a source from the Internal SecurityForces (Asayish) revealed on Saturday.

“The operation was prompted byintelligence indicating efforts by ISIS operatives to regroup withindisplacement camps in Al-Hasakah province,” the source told Shafaq News, notingthe increased activity by ISIS cells within camps housing the families of itsmembers, including Roj and Al-Hol.

    Meanwhile, the Women’s Internal SecurityForces, supported by the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), confirmed thatISIS-affiliated individuals in Roj Camp were behind several violent incidents,including the murder of a woman and a child, physical assaults, and threatsagainst residents rejecting extremist ideology.

    The unit described the violence as “partof ISIS’s broader strategy to revive its networks inside and beyond the camp.”

    The forces also reported that multiplepreemptive raids had already thwarted planned attacks and disrupted the group’soperations, asserting, “Our campaign is focused on eliminating these cells andrestoring security.”

    Roj Camp, located near Derik city,currently shelters 28 Iraqi families, 13 Syrian families, and more than 2,500foreign nationals—most of them children. The camp primarily houses families ofISIS members.

    In February, 45 Iraqi families—184individuals—were repatriated from Roj Camp to Al-Jadaa Camp in Mosul, Iraq,marking the first such relocation since 2018.

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