"Al-Mustafa said a political cooperation declaration signed by Damascus with the international coalition confirms Syria's role in combating terrorism and supporting regional stability. The agreement is political and until now contains no military components, he wrote in a post on X. The agreement makes Syria the 90th country to join the coalition, which aims to prevent foreign fighters from joining ISIL's ranks and eliminating the remaining elements of the group from across the Middle East."
"The announcement was expected. A spokesperson for Syria's Ministry of Interior had announced on Saturday, as al-Sharaa was set to arrive in the US for his meeting with Trump, that nationwide preemptive operations were carried out targeting ISIL cells. According to state-run Al-Ikhbariah TV, Syrian security forces carried out 61 raids, with 71 people arrested and explosives and weapons seized."
"On Monday, the Reuters news agency quoted unnamed officials as saying that Syria had foiled two ISIL plots to assassinate al-Sharaa. The senior Syrian security official and senior Middle Eastern official said the assassination plots were foiled over the past few months. They asserted that the schemes underline the direct threat that al-Sharaa faces as he tries to consolidate power in a fragmented country that has been devastated by 14 years of civil war."
Syria signed a political cooperation declaration to join the U.S.-led international coalition against ISIL, becoming the coalition's 90th member. The declaration confirms Syria's role in combating terrorism and supporting regional stability and contains no military components. Syrian Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa announced the step after President Ahmed al-Sharaa met U.S. President Donald Trump, where sanctions were suspended for six months. Syrian security forces carried out nationwide preemptive operations targeting ISIL cells, conducting 61 raids with 71 arrests and seizures of explosives and weapons. Syrian officials reported foiling two ISIL assassination plots against al-Sharaa, underscoring the direct threat as he seeks to consolidate power.
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