U.S.-led forces detained a senior Islamic State chief in Syria on Thursday, in keeping with the coalition.
“Coalition forces detained a senior Daesh chief throughout an operation in Syria June 16,” Operation Inherent Resolve stated in an announcement. “The detained particular person was assessed to be an skilled bomb maker and facilitator who grew to become one of many group’s high leaders in Syria.”
Main Youssef Hamoud, a spokesperson for the Syrian Nationwide Military, a separate coalition of insurgent teams backed by Turkey, instructed Reuters {that a} helicopter raid occurred in Al-Humaira, a village positioned simply south of the Turkey-Syria border.
He instructed the outlet it was the primary U.S. helicopter operation in areas underneath the insurgent coalition’s management.
The U.S.-led forces vowed to proceed searching the “remnants” of ISIS within the assertion.
“The mission was meticulously deliberate to reduce the danger of collateral harm, significantly any potential hurt to civilians,” the assertion learn. “There have been no civilians harmed through the operation nor any harm to coalition plane or belongings.”
President Biden introduced in February that the U.S. had carried out a helicopter raid in northwest Syria, killing the chief of the Islamic State terrorist group, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi.
That raid drew comparisons to al-Qurashi’s predecessor’s loss of life in 2019 through the Trump administration. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest in a tunnel in northwest Syria throughout a U.S. assault.
The U.S.-backed forces declared victory over the Islamic State in March 2019 after retaking the final village held by the terrorist group in Syria.
Greater than 100 ISIS militants attacked a Syrian jail in January, however U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters quickly regained management of the ability.
