By Juan Souz

BEIRUT — Just like Kurdish officials and their allies in Syria hid intelligence information related to the Beatles terrorist cell which slaughters foreigners, and which the Syrian Democratic Forces held two of its members since the beginning of this year, they once again abstain from revealing the whereabouts or fate of Daesh (the so-called IS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.

A prominent Kurdish official commented in a British news report that the Syrian Democratic Forces managed to locate Baghdadi and monitor him. He told Al Arabiya English that what was published “is a mere intelligence piece of information that was conveyed to them via a journalist.” The official thus neither denied nor confirmed the report.

Syrian Democratic Forces spokesperson Kino Gabriel refused to comment on these reports but military sources said there was a great possibility that Baghdadi is present in the Syrian town of Hajin near Deir Ez-Zour, which is close to the border with Iraq.

Deir ez-Zour military council spokesperson Lilawa Al-Abdullah told Al Arabiya English that most Daesh fighters in Hajin and its surroundings have different nationalities, and they are among the organization’s most important commanders.

“It’s possible that Baghdadi or those close to him are in that area. The Syrian Democratic Forces monitor the movement of most Daesh members who are besieged in Hajin and who cannot easily escape,” Abdullah said.

“We seek to completely end Daesh in Syria all the way to the Iraqi borders where its last stronghold is. The campaign against it is ongoing after it was halted as a result of Turkey’s attacks on populated areas,” she added. “Ever since the campaign resumed, our fighters launched major attacks against Daesh and they’ve managed to destroy a command headquarters and kill dozens of them,” she also said.

The Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Kurdish-Arab factions supported by Washington in the war against Daesh, holds hundreds of Daesh members in their prisons, including two members of the Beatles cell, including their wives and children.

Abdulkarim Omar, head of foreign relations in the Kurdish-led area, had said these detainees are a burden and pose a security threat, calling on the international community to take find a solution — Al Arabiya English