{"id":172945,"date":"2023-03-24T04:53:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T04:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=172945"},"modified":"2023-03-24T04:53:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T04:53:18","slug":"senior-isis-leader-killed-in-helicopter-raid-in-syria-u-s-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/senior-isis-leader-killed-in-helicopter-raid-in-syria-u-s-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior ISIS leader killed in helicopter raid in Syria, U.S. says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/4OL8zfYrvVaqhjbUsGj9mRqO7Gk=\/0x0:5100x2869\/1920x1080\/2023\/02\/17\/1676654085673.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A masked Islamic State soldier poses holding the ISIL banner somewhere in the deserts of Iraq or Syria. Photo by: Pictures from History\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>A senior ISIS leader was killed in a U.S. helicopter raid in northeastern Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving the news: <\/strong>The raid, a partnership with the Syrian Democratic Forces, led to an explosion that killed the target, Hamza al-Homsi, and wounded four U.S. servicemembers and a working dog who are now receiving treatment, according to a statement from CENTCOM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The big picture:<\/strong> Al-Homsi was one of several senior ISIS officials targeted by the U.S. over the past year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The U.S. notably killed Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi during a military raid in February 2022 and captured a senior leader of the Islamic State militant group in Syria during a U.S.-led coalition raid in June, according to the Pentagon.<\/li>\n<li>Senior ISIS leader Maher al-Agal, one of ISIS&#x27; top five in charge, was killed in a drone strike conducted by the U.S. military in July.<\/li>\n<li>And in October, U.S. forces killed &quot;an ISIS official known to facilitate the smuggling of weapons and fighters to support ISIS operations,&quot; per CENTCOM.<\/li>\n<li>CENTCOM said in December that American forces and their allies killed a total of 686 ISIS suspects operating in Syria and Iraq in 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Go deeper:<\/strong> U.S. says nearly 700 ISIS operatives killed in Syria and Iraq in 2022<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/02\/17\/isis-leader-raid-syria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A masked Islamic State soldier poses holding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":172944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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