The coalition conducts raids and attacks against members of the Islamic State group.
Beirut:
The US-led coalition said it had arrested a senior leader of the Islamic State group in Syria during an operation early Thursday morning.
The coalition has launched raids and attacks against members of the jihadist group, which has waged insurgency attacks since its defeat on the battlefield three years ago.
“The individual arrested was assessed as an experienced bomb maker and coordinator who became one of the group’s senior leaders in Syria,” the statement added, without any civilians. damaged in the course of operation as well as damaged aircraft.
The coalition did not specify where Thursday’s air strikes on Syria took place.
A spokesman for a Turkish-backed Syrian rebel group told Reuters earlier on Thursday that coalition forces had carried out a helicopter strike on the village of Al-Humaira, just across the country. south of the Turkish border, this is the first operation of its kind in the region.
Major Youssef Hamoud, a spokesman for the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), said US-made Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters were involved but said the exact situation was unclear. clear at that time.
“This is the first (US) helicopter landing operation that took place” in areas under SNA control, he said.
A source in contact with rebels in the area said clashes broke out during the operation.
US special forces in February conducted a helicopter raid into Syria’s Idlib province controlled by jihadist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which resulted in the death of the prime minister. Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashemi Al-Quraishi.
Quraishi has led the group since the death of its founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was also killed when detonating explosives during a US raid in 2019.
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