Syrian forces arrest Daraa cell leader behind officers' killing; top commander at large

Syrian internal security forces arrested Waleed al-Fallah, a leader of the armed cell behind the killing of three officers in al-Sanamayn, while cell commander Mohsen al-Haimed remains at large.

• Internal security forces in Daraa arrested Waleed al-Fallah on Saturday, identified by the state news agency SANA as a leading figure in the cell behind Thursday's killing of three officers.
• Thursday's raid on a suspected Islamic State-linked site killed three officers and wounded five, prompting authorities to impose a temporary curfew and cordon off the area.
• A follow-up sweep in targeted neighborhoods recovered weapons, ammunition and bomb-making equipment and detained five more people.
• Interior Ministry spokesman Nor al-Din al-Baba said the operation dismantled criminal and Islamic State-linked cells that were coordinating with each other.