U.S. Kills Senior ISIS Leader Khalid Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri in Syria Strike

The U.S. has launched an airstrike in Syria that killed a senior leader of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) who had planned terror attacks in Europe, officials have revealed.

Khalid Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri's death will "temporarily disrupt the organization's ability to plot external attacks," according to the U.S. Central Command (known as CENTCOM), which released a statement about the strike on Monday.

The exact location of Monday's attack in Syria was not revealed by CENTCOM, which said that no civilians were killed in the strike.

U.S. Army soldiers on the outskirts of Rumaylan in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, bordering Turkey, on March 27, 2023. The U.S. has launched an airstrike in Syria that killed a senior leader of the Islamic State militant group.DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

CENTCOM commander, General Michael E. Kurilla, said: "ISIS continues to represent a threat to the region and beyond. Though degraded, the group remains able to conduct operations with the region with a desire to strike beyond the Middle East."

Details about the European attacks were not provided, but the statement said that al-Jabouri "was responsible for planning ISIS attacks into Europe and developed the leadership structure for ISIS." The agency's "operations against ISIS alongside partner forces in Iraq and Syria continues," the statement added. "CENTCOM remains committed to the enduring defeat of ISIS."