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"The #ISF also detained 9 suspected #ISIS terrorists" in these pre #Iraq election ops, per @OIRSpox

#Syria|n-born #German national Mohammed Haydar Zammar captured last month by #Syria Democratic Forces was working as a recruiter for #ISIS, per @CJTFOIR

Operation to capture Zammar was all #SDF - "unilateral, their own independent operation" per @OIRSpox, adding "They currently detain him"

In addition to #ISIS recruiter Zammar, #Syria Democratic Forces picking up/detaining "hundreds of foreign terrorist fighters... attempting to sneak away to establish new safe havens or returning back to their home countries to recruit, plot & execute attacks" per @OIRSpox

"The #SDF are denying #ISIS the ability to do this" per Col. Dillon

Concerns about #ISIS resurgence remain on West side of Euphrates River, "areas we are not supporting the SDF," per @OIRSpox "Primarily areas that have been liberated by the pro-regime forces backed by their #Russia|n counterparts"

In areas supported by @CJTFOIR, #ISIS only holding some ground in #Dashisha, along #Iraq-#Syria border and town north of #AbuKamal, per Col. Dillon

Also, some #SDF returning to Middle Euphrates River Valley, resuming fight vs #ISIS, per Col Dillon

"There are some encouraging signs" per @OIRSpox "More combat power is returning" re Syrian Democratic Forces returning to anti-#ISIS fight