SYRIA: Mabbug Military Council arrests members of suspected Turkish intelligence cell
MABBUG, Syria — The counter-terrorist units of the Mabbug Military Council (MMC) arrested suspected members of an espionage cell reporting to Turkish intelligence planning to carry out terrorist acts in the city of Mabbug (Manbij) and its countryside in addition to monitoring and photographing military locations.
The terrorist Abo Hussein admitted that he was monitoring and filming military locations and sending the photos and films to the Turkish intelligence.
Suspects Abo Hussein and Muhammad Tawfiq Buzan admitted that he was monitoring and filming military locations and sending the photos and films to Turkish intelligence.
A third suspect, Majid Ali Darwish, also admitted that he was dealing with the Turkish occupation and was paid to plan the assassinations of notable figures in Mabbug.
The security institutions of the Democratic Autonomous Administration (DAA) continue to pursue sleeper cells in North and East Syria.