Two terrorists from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s operations in Syria reportedly arrested by the new regime, which has also cracked down weapons smuggling by the group’s sponsor – Iran.
The new Syrian regime has arrested two senior members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror organization, Arabic media outlets reported Monday night.
According to reports by Sky News Arabia, the Saudi-owned, London-based Asharq Al-Awsat, as well as the German Press Agency that Damascus security personnel have detained Khaled Khaled, the chief of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement’s operations in Syria, as well as Abu Ali Yasser, the head of the PIJ’s steering committee in Syria.
The arrests came over the weekend, according to the reports, less than two days after Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas traveled to Syria to meet with interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Syrian media reports linked the arrests of Khaled and Yasser to the new Syrian regime’s attempt to crackdown on Iranian influence inside the country, accusing the two of collaboration with Iran.
While Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a Sunni Islamist movement, like Hamas, it is sponsored heavily by Tehran, and is considering to be a de facto proxy of Iran.
As part of the broader effort to combat Iranian entrenchment in Syria, regime forces earlier this week intercepted a large shipment of Iranian weapons destined for the southern Syrian provinces of Suwayda and Daraa.
According to a statement by Syrian interior ministry Monday, the weapons shipment included heavy machine guns, large quantities of ammunition, and even heavy weaponry including Katyusha rockets and anti-tank missiles.
Days earlier, regime forces uncovered a weapons cache, including light and medium weapons, in a village to the west of Homs.
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