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“People think about sleeper cells here. Do they have a right to be concerned?”

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2025

The U.S. has some 900 troops in eastern Syria backing SDF forces in targeting militant Islamic State group sleeper cells.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2023

Earlier Friday, the SDF said its fighters had detained a senior official with the Islamic State group who was in charge of financing and arming sleeper cells.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023

Islamic State lost the last territory in its self-proclaimed caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq three years ago, but has managed to maintain sleeper cells in Syria.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2022

The SDF has long warned that fighting off a new Turkish incursion would divert resources from protecting a prison holding IS fighters or fighting IS sleeper cells still waging hit-and-run attacks in Syria.

From Reuters • Dec. 5, 2022