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| US assassinates ISIS leader in Syria Maher al-Agal - CENTCOM |
| 2022-07-12 |
| [Jpost] The US assassinated the leader of ISIS in Syria, Maher al-Agal, in an airstrike on Tuesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Tuesday afternoon. The strike targeted al-Agal, one of the top five leaders in ISIS, and a senior ISIS official nearby was seriously injured, according to CENTCOM. Al-Agal was also responsible for "aggressively pursuing" the development of ISIS networks outside of Iraq and Syria. "This strike reaffirms CENTCOM's steadfast commitment to the region and the enduring defeat of ISIS," said Col. Joe Buccino, a CENTCOM spokesperson. "The removal of these ISIS leaders will disrupt the terrorist organization's ability to further plot and carry out global attacks. Earlier in the day, the White Helmets reported that one person was killed and another was injured when an unidentified drone targeted a motorcycle near Jindires in northwest Syria's Aleppo Governorate. The injured person has since died. One of the people on the motorcycle was carrying an ID card with the name Khalid Subaih, according to Syrian media. The reported assassination comes just a day before US President Joe Biden was set to begin his visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia. In June, US forces captured senior ISIS leader Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi in Syria. In February, ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi killed himself and his family during a raid by US Special Forces in northern Syria. Al-Quraishi had led the movement since the death of its founder, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was also killed when he detonated explosives during a US raid in 2019. Related: Jindires: 2022-03-11 Turkish intelligence arrests Kurdish official in Afrin Jindires: 2022-01-19 Security forces recklessness increases chaos in Syria's north, locals Jindires: 2022-01-19 Tension soars among Turkish-backed factions in Syria's Afrin |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 He's deader than disco. And soon to follow hiphop and rap. |
| Posted by: jpal 2022-07-12 16:40 |