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The US Central Command announced that they have killed a senior leader of the terrorist organization ISIS in an airstrike in eastern Syria.
According to a statement from the US Central Command, the strike was conducted on Friday, July 7, resulting in the death of Abu Osama Al-Muhajir, a leader within the ISIS terrorist group. The statement did not specify his exact position within the organization. General Michael Corella, the commander of the US Central Command, affirmed the commitment of the United States to defeat the Islamic State in the region, emphasizing that ISIS remains a threat not only in the area but beyond.
The statement mentioned that there are no indications of civilian casualties from the airstrike, and the assessment is ongoing to determine any civilian injuries resulting from the operation. It further added that “the strike was conducted by unmanned aerial vehicles on Friday, the same drones that had been harassed by Russian fighters earlier in the day in a confrontation that lasted for approximately two hours.”
According to our correspondent, the targeted leader is named Hamam Al-Khudr Abu Anas, born in 1993 and hailing from Al-Hasakah. He holds an identity card issued by the local councils under the name of “Adnan Dari’i” and relocated to the village of Bazaa in March 2023. He is reported to have married a woman from the occupied city of Al-Bab.
It is worth noting that the international coalition forces have carried out several airstrikes targeting former ISIS leaders, including Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi on October 26, 2019, and Abu Ibrahim Al-Qurashi on February 3, 2022, in the Idlib province in northwest Syria. They have also targeted high-ranking officials in areas under Turkishy control in Idlib, Afrin, Al-Bab, Jarablus, and eastern Euphrates.
On July 12, 2022, the United States announced that they had killed the leader of ISIS in Syria, Maher Al-Akall, in a strike conducted by a US drone, describing him as one of the “top five leaders” in the organization.
On February 16 of the same year, the US military announced the killing of ISIS leader Hamza Al-Hamzi.
