DAMASCUS, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. forces on Friday captured three people in an airborne operation in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, the state news agency SANA reported.
With the help of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the operation was carried out at dawn in the village of Akidat in the province's eastern countryside, the SANA report said.
After intense and random firing on homes and farmlands, the U.S. forces and the SDF encircled a home in the village, captured three of its occupants and took them to nearby U.S. bases, the report added, without providing details about the identity of the captured people.
The U.S. forces frequently carry out similar operations to capture suspected Islamic State (IS) agents, particularly in Deir al-Zour which has a sprawling desert region where IS militants hide. ■
