US Strike Kills Senior ISIS Leader
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Monday, a U.S. military strike killed senior ISIS leader Khalid Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri in Syria. U.S. Central Command said that al-Jabouri had planned attacks in Europe.
Key Details: The ISIS leader was reportedly talking on his phone when he was targeted by a Hellfire missile near Killi, a town in Syria's Idlib province. No civilians were reported injured or killed in the attack.
Key Quote: “ISIS continues to represent a threat to the region and beyond,” CENTCOM commander, Gen. Erik Kurilla, said in the statement. “Though degraded, the group remains able to conduct operations within the region with a desire to strike beyond the Middle East.”
For Context: Monday's attack was the latest in a recent series of strikes targeting senior members of the Islamic State group in Syria and al-Qaida linked militants. On February 16, U.S. forces and local partners conducted strikes in Syria, which resulted in the death of another ISIS leader.
How the Media Covered it: Sources across the political spectrum covered the attack, with all sides reporting that al-Jabouri was responsible for developing the leadership structure for ISIS.
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US strike kills senior ISIS leader in Syria, US Central Command says
A US strike in Syria has killed a senior ISIS leader who planned attacks into Europe, United States Central Command said in a statement.
The strike, carried out on Monday, was a “unilateral” US operation that killed Khalid ‘Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri, CENTCOM said in the statement posted to Twitter.
Al-Jabouri was a senior ISIS figure who “was responsible for planning ISIS attacks into Europe and developed the leadership structure for ISIS,” CENTCOM said.
No civilians were killed or injured in the strike, according to CENTCOM.
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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.
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The terrorist was responsible for planning attacks into Europe and developing the leadership structure for ISIS, the US Department of Defense command said.
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