The US Central Command announced the implementation of an airstrike targeting a senior leader of the "Islamic State" group that is classified as a terrorist organization responsible for widespread abuses, in northwestern Syria, stressing that the strike led to his death.
The Central Command said in a statement on Wednesday (June 24) that the raid was carried out on June 19 and resulted in the death of a person named Ali Hussein al-Alawi, noting that the operation comes as part of "ongoing efforts to disrupt and eliminate terrorists seeking to attack Americans abroad or inside the United States," stressing that work will continue "alongside regional partners."
Central Command commander Gen. Brad Cooper stressed the commitment of US forces to pursue the remnants of the group, saying that "CENTCOM and its partners will continue to eradicate the remnants of the Islamic State group to ensure its final defeat and defend the American homeland, our armed forces and our allies in the region."
The U.S. command did not provide further information about the targeted "Alawi," while sources said he held "an important leadership position and assumed key roles related to the planning and coordination of terrorist activities," and Syrian authorities did not issue any comment on the strikes.
Drone raids on the countryside of Idlib and Aleppo
Local sources said that drones affiliated with the international coalition launched a series of airstrikes late last night on Friday, several airstrikes in the countryside of Idlib and Aleppo, targeting 3 vehicles in the area of Jabal al-Sheikh Barakat in the vicinity of the city of Darat Azza in the western countryside of Aleppo, in addition to a person who was riding a motorcycle on the road linking the village of Mashhad Ruhin - and the town of Deir Hassan, north of Idlib.
According to information at the time, the raid targeted the former leader of the "Hurras al-Din" organization, Sami al-Uraydi, along with a number of his companions, and Syrian News could not verify this from reliable sources.
Other sources indicated that the identity of the targets is not known definitively and the toll of those killed or wounded as a result of the raids is not yet clear, amid conflicting reports that a headquarters of the 82nd Division of the Ministry of Defense was targeted.
ISIS is active inside Syrian territory
On Saturday, June 20, ISIS claimed responsibility for targeting two Syrian army soldiers in the village of Salha near the city of Manbij, northeast of Aleppo, with machine guns, killing them.
This is the third targeting of the internationally designated terrorist organization in less than a week inside Syrian territory, as it claimed responsibility in a statement on Wednesday (June 17th) for targeting the head of the judicial palace department in the town of Babila, south of Damascus.
The group said at the time in a statement through its identifiers that its members detonated a sticky device in the mechanism of the head of the judicial palace department in the town of Babila, which led to the "amputation of one of his legs."
The group announced on Tuesday (June 16th) that two of its members attacked the headquarters of the Internal Security Command west of Raqqa on Monday, and the operation, according to the organization, resulted in at least four deaths and injuries.
The group described the operation as "a daring attack on a heavily fortified security square that houses the central security headquarters of the US-led Syrian regime."
The fighters reached the main gate of the fortified headquarters and were able to enter it and clash with its members at close range, he said.
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