2023-04-18 03:29:21
The fight against the Islamic State (IS) continues in Syria. American helicopter troops targeted this Monday, April 17 in the north of the country a leader of the jihadist group, who was planning attacks in Europe and the Middle East, and who was “probably” killed, announced the American army.
This new raid is part of a series of US strikes aimed at decapitating IS after its 2019 defeat in Syria. It targeted Abdel Hadi Mahmoud al-Haji Ali, a senior leader of the terrorist organization, who was planning attacks in the Middle East and Europe. Two other individuals were killed in this strike, according to the United States military command for the Middle East (Centcom), which assures that no civilians or members of the American forces were killed or injured during the operation. .
“Violent clashes”
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), which has an extensive network of sources in Syria, “violent clashes took place during the raid during which two projectiles targeted the building in which a member of IS. On Monday, residents of Soueida told an AFP journalist that an IS leader was killed as he tried to flee and that his body had been handed over to one of his brothers.
The OSDH adds that the leader of the targeted IS had fled to this city when he was released from prison six months ago. He was protected by a pro-Turkish group deployed in the region, the organization continues, adding that many jihadists joined pro-Turkish rebel groups after the territorial defeat of IS.
Despite this defeat, it still carries out attacks in Syria. She again targeted shepherds and people picking truffles in the desert on Sunday, killing more than forty people. The US military has for its part carried out several strikes in recent years targeting leaders of the jihadist group in Syria. In early April, she announced that she had killed an IS leader responsible for attacks in Europe, whom she identified as Khaled Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri.
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