The US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has said its forces arrested a leader of the Islamic State (IS) organization during an operation in Syria in the early hours of today.
The coalition frequently carries out raids and strikes, mainly from the air, against this jihadist organization, which despite its defeat on the battlefield three years ago continues to carry out deadly attacks.
“The detainee is believed to be an experienced bomb maker, a man who facilitated the operation of the organization and had become one of its top leaders in Syria,” said a statement from the coalition, which confirmed that no civilians were injured in the operation. one of its aircraft was damaged.
The statement did not specify exactly where the operation took place in Syria.
A Turkish-backed Syrian rebel official told Reuters earlier today that coalition forces, transported by helicopter, had raided the village of Al Humaira, near the Turkish-Syrian border, stressing that the first specific area.
Maj. Youssef Hamoud, a spokesman for the Syrian National Army (SNS), said the operation was carried out by special forces men moving in Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters, without elaborating.
“This is the first time (US) helicopters have landed in an ESS-controlled area,” he said.
According to another source in the area, exchanges of fire broke out during the operation.
In February, US Special Forces helicopters raided Idlib province controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sam (HTS, the former al Qaeda operative in Syria) and killed Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi. , the leader of IK.
Quraysh took over the leadership of the IK after the death of the organization’s founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed by explosives, also during a raid by US special forces in 2019.
SOURCE: AMPE
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