Syrian Interior Ministry Announces Arrest of Senior ISIS Military Commander

Syrian Interior Ministry Announces Arrest of Senior ISIS Military Commander

Aug 18 2026

ARK News.. The Syrian Interior Ministry announced the arrest of Hamza Abdullah Mohammed, known as “Abu Jihad al-Muhajir,” a senior military commander of ISIS, during a security operation in the countryside of Manbij in Aleppo province.

In a statement, the ministry said that the Internal Security Forces and the General Intelligence Service, in cooperation with international partners, arrested Hamza Abdullah Mohammed, known as “Abu Jihad al-Muhajir,” who is classified as one of ISIS’s prominent military commanders, during a carefully planned security operation in the Manbij countryside.

The ministry added that the detainee had served as the group’s “General Military Commander of the Wilayat al-Sham” and had previously served as deputy to the former general military commander, known as “al-Harithi.”

He had also previously been responsible for ISIS’s “Wilayat Idlib,” using the same alias, according to the ministry.

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