Syrian authorities thwart ISIS attack on Aleppo military headquarters
On Saturday evening, May 30, the Syrian authorities announced the neutralization of a member of the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) as he tried to blow himself up near a military headquarters in the northern province of Aleppo.
Syrian state media quoted an unnamed security source as saying that "one of the members of the "state" (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."
Wednesday: A security leader was killed by unknown gunmen east of Deir Ezzor
The incident comes 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 reported 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.
A video showed the moment two unidentified men on a motorcycle shot security leader Rateb Hashem al-Otaiwi, killing him immediately after Eid al-Adha prayers.
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), the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) claimed responsibility for an attack that targeted a bus carrying members of the Syrian army in the western countryside of 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 the group's militants "surprised the bus with heavy machine gun fire", killing and wounding about six soldiers, and damaging the bus.She noted that the bus attacks are a "military tactic followed", as she 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.
The Al-Hasakah Information Directorate published a video showing the arrival of wounded Syrian Army members to Ras al-Ain Hospital, north of Al-Hasakah, after they were targeted by unknown persons west of Al-Aliya silos in Al-Hasakah countryside.
Previous attacks
After a first attack attempt on February 8, during which the ISF managed to neutralize an attacker wearing an explosive belt, the organization returned the next day to carry out a more violent and organized attack on the checkpoint located at the western entrance to the city. Its cells used machine guns and shells in an attempt to penetrate the security post, killing 4 members of the Internal Security and wounding two others, while one was killed The attackers are at the scene of the engagement.
Coinciding with the events in Raqqa, on the same day (February 9, 2026), the organization carried out lightning attacks in al-Mayadeen targeting members of the Syrian Army's 42nd Division, where the organization's cells assassinated a soldier and a civilian using pistols equipped with silencers, and subsequent monitoring operations by the Ministry of Interior in al-Mayadeen led to the arrest of Mahmoud Eid al-Ali, one of the elements directly involved in these assassinations.
US report talks about the infiltration of 20,000 " ISIS" members in Syria
A U.S. report has warned that 15,000 to 20,000 IS mercenaries and their families have disappeared in Syria after security chaos and mass escapes from camps and prisons in the northeast of the country.
An official report released by the Pentagon's Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve, in cooperation with intelligence agencies, said between 15,000 and 20,000 suspected IS individuals and their families had fled northeast Syria in one of the most serious security breaches since the fall of the so-called "caliphate."
The newly released US report said US assessments had identified a near-complete evacuation of the sprawling al-Hol camp, with its population falling from about 23,400 to just under 1,500, as a result of mass fleeing and organised smuggling of women and families linked to the group.
Nearly 1,500 hardline prisoners escaped from al-Shaddadi prison, amid security chaos that accompanied military withdrawals and a change in control of territory, allowing the group elements to exploit loopholes and disappear into vast desert areas, the report said.