ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) forces on Sunday announced the killing of two Islamic State (ISIS) officials in Syria as a result of a helicopter raid, adding that no civilians were killed or injured in the operation.
The operation was conducted in the early hours of Sunday in eastern Syrian, according to a statement from CENTCOM, killing two ISIS officials who were allegedly involved in facilitating the group’s operations in the area.
The statement reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to combating the threat of ISIS in cooperation with their allies in Syria.
“ISIS continues to represent a threat to the security and stability of the region. This operation reaffirms CENTCOM’s steadfast commitment to ensuring the group’s enduring defeat,” said Joe Buccino, a CENTCOM spokesperson.
An American drone strike in July killed Maher al-Agal, leader of ISIS in Syria, in the country’s northwest, five months after a secret US operation took down the terror group’s top leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi again in northwest Syria’s Idlib, a region largely controlled by rebel groups backed by Turkey.
Longtime ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a similar US forces raid in another area of Idlib in 2019. Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest after being cornered in a tunnel with three children
ISIS rose to power across swathes of Syria in 2014 but it was territorially defeated five years later. Despite the group being devoid of any territorial control, it continues to pose security risks through kidnappings, hit-and-run attacks, and bombings in the war-torn country.
The operation was conducted in the early hours of Sunday in eastern Syrian, according to a statement from CENTCOM, killing two ISIS officials who were allegedly involved in facilitating the group’s operations in the area.
The statement reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to combating the threat of ISIS in cooperation with their allies in Syria.
“ISIS continues to represent a threat to the security and stability of the region. This operation reaffirms CENTCOM’s steadfast commitment to ensuring the group’s enduring defeat,” said Joe Buccino, a CENTCOM spokesperson.
An American drone strike in July killed Maher al-Agal, leader of ISIS in Syria, in the country’s northwest, five months after a secret US operation took down the terror group’s top leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi again in northwest Syria’s Idlib, a region largely controlled by rebel groups backed by Turkey.
Longtime ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a similar US forces raid in another area of Idlib in 2019. Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest after being cornered in a tunnel with three children
ISIS rose to power across swathes of Syria in 2014 but it was territorially defeated five years later. Despite the group being devoid of any territorial control, it continues to pose security risks through kidnappings, hit-and-run attacks, and bombings in the war-torn country.
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