US helicopter troops on Monday targeted a leader of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in northern Syria who was responsible for attacks in Europe and the Middle East and who was “probably” killed, the army
said
. American.
The new raid, part of a series of US strikes aimed at decapitating IS after its 2019 defeat in Syria, was carried out in an area controlled by pro-Turkish armed groups in the north of the country.
Two Turkish soldiers killed
Two other “
armed individuals
” were killed in this strike, according to a press release from the United States military command for the Middle East (Centcom).
Centcom does not specify the identity of the IS leader targeted or that of the two people killed.
No civilians or members of the American forces were killed or injured during the operation, the same source assured.
A Turkish group deployed in the region of Soueida, where the raid occurred, said that two of its fighters who rushed to the scene were killed.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), which has an extensive network of sources in the region, "
violent clashes took place during the raid during which two projectiles targeted the building in which a member of ISIS
.
He and two other fighters were killed, says the UK-based Observatory.
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In early April, the US military announced that it had killed in Syria an IS leader responsible for attacks in Europe, whom it identified as Khaled Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri.
ISIS claimed responsibility for a series of deadly attacks in Europe during its time of power, when it controlled large areas in Syria and Iraq where it proclaimed a "
caliphate
" and reigned terror.
Regular attacks
In October 2019, the United States announced the death of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during an American operation in northwestern Syria.
His two successors were then killed: one in February 2022, in northwestern Syria, and the other in November of the same year, in the province of Deraa (south).
Despite its territorial defeat, IS continues to carry out regular attacks in Syria, where the jihadist group again targeted people collecting truffles in the desert and shepherds on Sunday, killing more than 40 people.
Triggered in 2011 by the repression of pro-democracy demonstrations, the war in Syria has claimed around 500,000 lives, devastated the country's infrastructure and displaced millions of people.
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