US-led coalition capture senior IS leader in north Syria raid
Posted on AllSides June 16th, 2022
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AFP
US-led coalition forces say they captured a senior leader of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in an overnight raid in northern Syria.
The man was "an experienced bomb maker and operational facilitator", a coalition statement said.
Officials told US media that he was named Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi.
A monitoring group said troops were dropped by two helicopters in al-Humayra, close to the Turkish border in opposition-held Aleppo province.
There were seven minutes of armed clashes between the troops and people inside the village before the helicopters flew off, the...