According to the Interior Ministry, the operation was carried out in coordination with the General Directorate of Intelligence, and the suspects were apprehended while attempting to deploy Grad rocket launchers with the aim of attacking residential areas of Damascus.

The operation took place in the Damascus-County Governorate and was executed according to a pre-designed security plan, which allowed for the seizure of the weapons before their use and the capture of all those involved, the source stated.

According to preliminary investigations, the detainees confessed to their participation in planning new terrorist attacks and admitted to maintaining external coordination with terrorist entities, whose plans were neutralized by the security services.

The Ministry indicated that all confiscated material was placed in safekeeping and that those arrested were handed over to the Anti-Terrorism Department for further investigation and appropriate legal action.

On February 1st, the Interior Ministry revealed details about those responsible for recent missile attacks against a neighborhood in the capital and the Mezzeh airbase, following the complete dismantling of a terrorist cell involved in those attacks.

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