Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

News

Terrorist Captured: ISIS Leader in US Custody After Syria Helicopter Raid

The United States military announced Saturday that it conducted a helicopter raid in eastern Syria that yielded the capture of a top ISIS official.

In a press release, CENTCOM announced that U.S. Central Command forces worked with the Syrian military to conduct a helicopter raid which led to the capture of an ISIS official identified as Batar.

The press release says that Batar was “involved in planning attacks on SDF-guarded detention centers and manufacturing improvised explosive devices.”

No civilians, Syrian soldiers, or U.S. forces were killed or injured, according to the press release.

Shortly after the press release, CENTCOM issued another release stating that coalition forces had been attacked by rockets in northeast Syria on Saturday evening but said no injuries were reported.

News of the successful raid comes the day after CENTCOM announced that four U.S. service members were injured during a raid that left a senior ISIS leader dead.

CENTCOM confirmed the death of Hamza al-Homsi during the helicopter raid and said that all four U.S. service members, along with a working dog, were being treated for their injuries at a U.S. medical facility in Iraq.

“Hamza al-Homsi oversaw the group’s deadly terrorist network in eastern Syria before he was killed in the raid,” CENTCOM spokesman Col. Joe Buccino told Fox News Digital.

Sinam Mohamad, the representative of the Syrian Democratic Council to the U.S., told Fox News Digital that “the U.S. presence in northeast Syria is still essential to end ISIS.”

TOP STORIES

News

2 min readThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reported preparing to begin mass layoffs as early as next week as the Trump administration works...

News

2 min readSeveral House Republicans are preparing articles of impeachment against the federal judges who are blocking some of President Donald Trump’s and Elon...

News

3 min readSenior Trump administration officials are heading to Saudi Arabia to start peace talks with Russian and Ukrainian negotiators, according to a Republican...

News

< 1 min read A 5.0 magnitude earthquake was detected in western Texas Friday night, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake...

Advertisement