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Recently we started to hear names of "special groups" within ISIS in Iraq & Syria for the first time. Not all these groups were known to locals, and ISIS trained them to operate as special forces or for special functions.
A hitherto unknown example:
A hitherto unknown example:
"Point 11" is an example, and this group has a few characteristics: it originated in Raqqa, and the name comes from an interrogation facility in central Raqqa. Its members included foreign jihadis & kept a distance from the local population & even Arab members of ISIS.
But the group doesn't seem to be focused on foreign operations, but on special military operations inside Iraq/Syria. More like the Libyan Battar Battalion that operated in Syria in the early days, before members were either sent back to Libya or integrated in other groups.
The group had a select number of local members from Raqqa. It was apparently involved in special interrogations as well as planning & conducting special operations, operating under the general security branch.
After Raqqa, its members kept moving down the Euphrates river. By the time they were stranded in Baghuz, most of its members had apparently vanished.
These details were given to @AliAlleile -- who is the best -- and me.
