August Sleeper Cell Report – unrest in Deir ez-Zor takes headlines.
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Deir ez-Zor Military Council leaders in al-Kasra town, Deir ez-Zor.
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22 confirmed ISIS sleeper cell attacks occurred in NES; more than double that of July.
10 military personnel were killed, 14 military personnel were injured,…
July Sleeper Cell Report – ISIS Psychological Warfare Remains Strong in Deir ez-Zor, UN Joins Calls for Repatriation
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Children of ISIS during training. Screen capture from a video report of YPJ Information which includes footage collected from foreign women affiliated with ISIS.
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10 confirmed ISIS sleeper cell attacks in July, a decrease…
June Sleeper Cell Report – Trials of Foreign ISIS Fighters to Commence Amid Repatriation Woes, US Soldier Pleads Guilty to Aiding ISIS
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A Danish delegation meets with the Autonomous Administration to repatriate a woman and two children from Roj Camp, June 22. (Photo: AANES)
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24 sleeper cell attacks in June, an 85% increase from 13 in May
11 military…
May Sleeper Cell Report – Turkish Strikes Weaken Security of Al-Hol Camp, ISIS Cells Expand Extortion Efforts
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Weapons, equipment, and documents captured from an ISIS cell during an SDF raid in al-Dashisha, Heseke region. (Photo: SDF Press)
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13 confirmed sleeper cell attacks across NES in May, a decrease from 20 in April
One military…
April Sleeper Cell Report – Coalition Strikes Continue In Turkish-Occupied Territories Against ISIS Leadership
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20 confirmed sleeper cell attacks in April, no change from March.
10 military personnel killed, 17 military personnel injured, three civilians injured in ISIS attacks.
At least five ISIS members killed and 19 arrested…
March Sleeper Cell Report – Attacks doubled on previous month
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Members of the SDF special forces Yekîneyên Antî Teror (YAT)
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20 sleeper cell attacks in March, up from February’s ten.
Eight people (four military personnel and four civilians) died in those attacks, eight (seven military…
February Sleeper Cell Report – US personnel injured in sleeper cell raid
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Fire ablaze in NES' al-Hol camp
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10 independently confirmed sleeper cell attacks, far down from January’s 20.
1 military personnel and 3 civilians killed, significantly down from 15 deaths last month.
7 arrests and…
January Sleeper Cell Report – Two large-scale raid campaigns from the SDF
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No violent incidents in al-Hol camp.
20 confirmed sleeper cell attacks, down from December’s 28.
10 military and 5 civilians killed, 12 military injured, 1 civilian injured; broadly on par with last month.
145…
Annual Sleeper Cell Report 2022
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While ISIS' 2019 defeat in Baghouz, at the hands of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Global Coalition, saw the former finally lose its territorial caliphate, the enduring activity of ISIS sleeper cells in North and East Syria…
November Sleeper Cell Report – the fight against ISIS in the shadow of Turkey’s military operation
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17 sleeper cell attacks in November, down from October’s 22.
5 military personnel and 4 civilians killed, roughly similar to October.
2 outbreak attempts and 2 murders in al-Hol camp.
7 SDF counter-ISIS raids, 4 with…