A local Syrian media source tweeted this out on Sunday (Reminder: Middle East sources are notoriously unreliable and often get reports wrong):
IMPORTANT ?: Military airdrop and secret operation today 2:45pm by anti-#Daesh coalition near of Jazra town W #DeirEzzor.#D24 pic.twitter.com/nSHl99fQJS
— ديرالزور24 (@DeirEzzor24) January 8, 2017
Operation duration was from 2:45 till 4:00 Damascus time. Military group took the corpses and members of #Daesh with them.#D24
— ديرالزور24 (@DeirEzzor24) January 8, 2017
The military operation targeted a car was moving between Jazra and Kubar towns.#D24
— ديرالزور24 (@DeirEzzor24) January 8, 2017
These reports, however, led to speculation from media, intelligence and others about this possible raid:
#pt: Local sources say U.S. Special Forces took #ISIS corpses away onboard aircraft used over eastern #Syria today:https://t.co/oKV0Ald6YZ
— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) January 8, 2017
#pt: Other local sources suggest U.S Special Forces also captured alive #ISIS prisoners, from Deir ez Zour, #Syria:https://t.co/9VaMwt1fpB
— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) January 8, 2017
Reports of a US special forces raid on IS in Deir Ezzor. Came by air killed & captured multiple IS members. Most likely high value targets.
— Gissur Simonarson ????????? (@GissiSim) January 8, 2017
PT: Deir Ezzor is viewed as IS's fallback strategy. Once Mosul & Raqqa are taken, this will be their base of operations. Many leaders there.
— Gissur Simonarson ????????? (@GissiSim) January 8, 2017
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Interesting thread about reported secret raid by coalition forces deep inside #ISIS territory in #Syria's Deir Ezzor province https://t.co/7Edb0vw2yT
— Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) January 8, 2017
Very interesting if true. The last US raid in #Syria was against Abdurrahman al-Qaduli (Abu Ali al-Anbari), the caliph's deputy, in March. https://t.co/6MuHIle0yM
— Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) January 8, 2017
Now that is interesting. Maybe a hostage rescue in eastern #Syria rather than a raid against an #IS leader. https://t.co/eM63njnUMc
— Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) January 8, 2017
There has been no confirmation from U.S. Military sources about any raid. We will update the post if any more details come to our attention.