A member of the Internal Security Forces was martyred and three others were wounded on Monday (June 15th) while foiling an attack carried out by two suicide bombers from the terrorist organization ISIS on one of the headquarters of the Internal Security Command in the city of Raqqa.

The Ministry of Interior explained on its Telegram channel that the security forces confronted the suicide attackers with high vigilance, as they clashed with them, and managed to neutralize one of them, while the other blew himself up with an explosive vest after surrounding him.

The injured elements were taken to hospitals to receive treatment, it said, stressing that they will continue to pursue terrorist cells and prevent them from threatening the security of citizens and the stability of the region.

The Ministry of Interior announces the results of 3 months of its operations against the "Islamic State" organization

The Interior Ministry recently revealed the arrest of 235 people suspected of belonging to the "Islamic State" and the dismantling of 7 cells linked to the organization listed on international terrorism lists.

This came in a statement published by the ministry on its official identifiers, on the evening of Monday, June 8, on the outcome of the security operations of the Counter-Terrorism Department against the "Islamic State" as part of the efforts aimed at enhancing security, stability and combating terrorist activities.

Security operations led to "the arrest of 235 people, including 198 Syrians and 37 foreigners, in addition to the dismantling of 7 cells linked to the group", the statistics showed, explaining that the security services carried out "seven raids and pursuits, which were distributed and resulted in the seizure of weapons and equipment suspected of being used in activities linked to the group".

According to the ministry's statement, the highest number of detainees was recorded during the month of April with 99 detainees, followed by March with 80 detainees, then in May with 56 detainees, including 71 in Deir Ezzor and 35 in Aleppo, and the ministry did not specify in detail the nationalities of the detainees.

The statement of the Ministry of Interior did not mention the number of members of the organization who were neutralized during the past period, noting that the organization claimed responsibility for many operations, whether against elements of the army and security forces or against social figures inside Syria, the latest of which was the announcement by the Syrian authorities, on the evening of Saturday, May 30, of neutralizing a member of the "Islamic State" organization, while he was trying to blow himself up near a military headquarters in the province of Aleppo in the north of the country.

State media quoted an unnamed security source at the time as saying that one of the "state" elements (whose identity was not mentioned) was "neutralized while he was trying to blow himself up near a military headquarters in Baza'a in the northern countryside of Aleppo."

The incident came days after an Internal Security commander named Rateb Hashem al-Otaiwi was shot dead by unknown assailants in the town of al-Baghouz, east of Deir Ezzor, local sources said on Wednesday (May 27th).

The sources told "Syrian News" that Al-Otaiwi is the diplomatic security official of the Syrian government and a member of the Internal Security Forces in the Deir Ezzor area, according to sources.

Activists said that security indicators and analyses indicate that cells affiliated with the "Islamic State" are behind the operation, as the organization has been intensively active recently in the countryside of Deir Ezzor through lightning assassinations

Later, local sources reported that the security forces were able to arrest one of those involved in the assassination, without giving further details.

ISIS claims attack in al-Hasakah

On Tuesday (May 12th), ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on a bus carrying members of the Syrian army in the western countryside of al-Hasakah, while there were conflicting reports about the details of the attack and the extent of the human losses.

According to ISIS's Amaq news agency, ISIS militants "set up a tight ambush" of a bus carrying Syrian army soldiers on the road to the town of Al-Aliya in the western countryside of Al-Hasakah province.

The agency said that ISIS militants "surprised the bus with heavy machine gun fire", killing and wounding about six soldiers and damaging the bus, noting that the bus attacks are a "military tactic followed", as it put it.

At the time, the agency did not release any photos or videos documenting the details of the attack or the extent of the losses it announced.