ERBIL - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Tuesday that it had captured a couple of Islamic State (IS) members in two separate raids in Deir ez-Zor.

The special forces of the SDF carried out an operation, backed by the US-led Coalition forces, and captured one IS militant in al-Ezba village of Deir ez-Zor, SDF Media Center said in a statement.

The second suspect was captured in the town of al-Tayyana, the statement added.

Backed by the Global Coalition, the Syrian Kurdish fighters played a key role in defeating the Islamic State in Syria.