A senior chief of Islamic State (IS) has been killed throughout a helicopter raid in northern Syria.
Hamza al-Homsi was killed within the “targeted” mission on Thursday evening – hours earlier than 53 folks had been killed in a suspected IS assault in central Syria on Friday.
Four US troops and a working canine had been injured in the course of the raid and had been evacuated to a US medical facility in Iraq for therapy, in line with US navy officers.
They are stated to be in secure situation, in line with the White House.
In an announcement, US Central Command stated: “Last evening, throughout a partnered US and Syrian Democratic Forces helicopter raid in northeastern Syria, an explosion on course resulted in 4 US servicemembers and one working canine wounded.
“The targeted ISIS senior leader, Hamza al-Homsi, was killed.
“The US servicemembers and dealing canine are receiving therapy in a US medical facility in Iraq.”
US Central Command didn’t elaborate on al-Homsi’s position within the terror group.
The raid was carried out with the Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance led by Kurdish fighters that has waged a years-long marketing campaign in opposition to IS within the north.
It comes after a former IS chief killed himself throughout a raid in southern Syria.
Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi died throughout an operation carried out by the insurgent Free Syrian Army (FSA) in Jasem within the northwestern Deraa province, US navy officers confirmed in December.
US particular forces additionally killed a senior IS chief and 10 different militants in a raid on a mountain cave advanced in a distant a part of northern Somalia in January.
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The militant group as soon as laid declare to swathes of territory throughout Syria and Iraq. They had been dropped at an finish in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria two years later.
However, the group nonetheless carries out sporadic assaults, together with on territory it as soon as claimed as a part of its caliphate.
On Friday, the group killed at the least 53 folks throughout an assault within the Syrian Desert, state TV reported.
It is known that the group had been truffle looking in Sokhna within the Palmyra area once they had been attacked.
There was no instant declare of accountability for the killings.
Source: information.sky.com”