[Rudaw] The US military said on Thursday that an Islamic State
 ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) leader was arrested and two operatives killed in numerous partnered operations with Iraqi forces late last month.
Five operations, carried out from May 21-27 with Iraqi forces in the northern Salahaddin and Kirkuk provinces, resulted in the "clearance and destruction of multiple locations, confiscation of small arms weapons and munitions, recovery of material for further exploitation, two ISIS operatives killed in action, and the capture of an ISIS leader," the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.
Another operation in Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zor province, partnered with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) — the US-led coalition’s main ally in the anti-ISIS fight in Syria — resulted in an ISIS operative being captured, according to the statement.
"Operations like these underscore the commitment of USCENTCOM, along with our allies and partners, to the enduring defeat of ISIS in the region," said CENTCOM commander General Michael Erik Kurilla.
SDF spokesperson Farhad Shami lauded the cooperation between the Kurdish-led force and the coalition.
"The effective support provided by the international coalition forces to our forces has significantly contributed to the dismantling of numerous ISIS cells in Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, and Deir ez-Zor. Our forces will continue their most effective operations against ISIS terrorism with support from our partners in the international coalition," Shami said on X. 
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