[IsraelTimes] The US military conducted an airstrike in northwestern Syria last week that killed a senior Islamic State leader, US Central Command says.
The strike, carried out on Friday, was part “of ongoing US efforts to disrupt and eliminate terrorists seeking to attack Americans abroad or the US homeland,” and killed Ali Husayn al-Ulaywi, it says in a statement on X.
Islamic State has declared a new phase of operations in Syria against the government of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, carrying out a spate of attacks since February. Last year, Sharaa’s government joined the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State.
On Saturday, the militant group claimed responsibility for an attack near the city of Manbij in Syria’s northeastern Aleppo province.
Islamic State controlled around a quarter or more of Syria at the peak of its power during the Syrian civil war a decade ago, before being driven out of the territory by a US-led coalition and other foes.
An Islamic State (ISIS) senior leader was killed by a US airstrike in northwestern Syria, said the US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday, amid a resurgence in recent ISIS attacks in the region.
CENTCOM said that its forces “conducted an airstrike in northwest Syria, June 19, that resulted in the death of a senior ISIS leader.” They stated that the precision strike that killed Ali Husayn al-Ulaywi is part of “ongoing U.S. efforts to disrupt and eliminate terrorists seeking to attack Americans abroad or the U.S. homeland.”
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