The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of a cell that was planning to bomb a church in Tartus, western Syria. According to a statement published by the Ministry on Facebook on Wednesday, August 6, Colonel Abdel Aal Mohammad Abdel Aal, head of Internal Security in Tartus governorate, said that the Internal Security forces apprehended two individuals linked to the former Syrian regime. The pair had allegedly planned to detonate an explosive device at the ST.Elias Maronite Church in the village of al-Khraybat, in the Safita district of rural Tartus. [...] The Ministry said the suspects were affiliated with a group it described as “outside the law” (without naming it), and released photos showing the defused explosive device, incendiary leaflets, and a flag commonly associated with the Islamic State (ISIS), which the cell reportedly possessed.