Kamishli: In an eight-day operation against Daesh militants, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Friday that they had detained more than 100 "terrorists."

After thwarting a Daesh attempt to release fellow militants from prison in Raqqa, the extremist group's former stronghold in Syria, Kurdish-led forces launched the sweep known as Operation Al-Jazeera Thunderbolt last week.

As NATO ally Turkey continues to threaten to launch a new cross-border attack against territory under their control, the Syrian Kurds have been attempting to emphasise their value as a partner to the West in its campaign against Daesh.

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Our forces detained 154 wanted terrorists... and criminals during the sweep and raid operations, according to a statement from the SDF.

The statement continued, "Among them were 102 individuals suspected of being part of a Daesh cell and 27 others suspected of supplying propaganda or logistical support." In the east, 55 villages and farms were destroyed by SDF fighters, along with "large portions of the Syrian-Iraqi border."

The US-led coalition has not yet confirmed that the operation was conducted in conjunction with its troops, according to the SDF.

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During the Christmas and New Year holidays, it stopped attacks on the major Kurdish cities of Hasakah and Qamishli, according to the statement.

The most significant Daesh operation in Syria since a successful breakout from Ghwayran prison in Hasakah last January was last week's foiled prison break in Raqqa.

Numerous militants who were imprisoned broke out, leading to clashes that claimed hundreds of lives.
According to the SDF, three of the suspects apprehended during the recent sweep were suspected of providing bombs and other supplies for the Ghwayran attack.

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Daesh still has a network of sleeper cells on both sides of the border that can still launch deadly attacks, despite being a pale imitation of the group that seized large portions of Syria and neighbouring Iraq in 2014 and proclaimed a "caliphate." Last week, 12 oil workers and a Kurdish fighter were killed in attacks in eastern Syria that were attributed to Daesh militants.