The U.S. military has captured six Islamic State operatives over the course of three helicopter raids in Syria this week, U.S. Central Command announced.
The U.S. military has captured six Islamic State operatives over the course of three helicopter raids in Syria this week, U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday.
The raids, which took place over the past 48 hours in eastern Syria, included the capture of al-Zubaydi, a senior ISIS official who U.S. officials claim was involved in planning and enabling terrorist attacks in the country.killing a lead ISIS province official and his associate in eastern Syria.The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox.
This week’s raids included U.S. Special Operations forces as well as personnel from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces , who helped American troops defeat and push ISIS from Syrian territory in 2019. “These partnered operations reaffirm CENTCOM’s steadfast commitment to the region and the enduring defeat of ISIS,” CENTCOM Commander Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, said in the release. “The capture of these ISIS operatives will disrupt the terrorist organization’s ability to further plot and carry out destabilizing attacks.”This month’s raids mark the first major American counterterrorism operation in northeastern Syria since the U.S.
NATO ally Turkey, however, in recent weeks has hit the Kurdish-led forces with airstrikes and last month threatened a ground invasion as the country views the SDF as part of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a group considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. and Turkey.
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