US strike kills two IS operatives in Syria: CENTCOM | World news
AFP | | Posted by Sharangee Dutta
A US airstrike killed two senior Islamic Jihadists in Syria on Thursday, the military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said.
“US forces conducted a successful airstrike in northern Syria, killing both Abu-Hashum al-Umawi, the deputy Wali of Syria, and another senior ISIS operative associated with him,” CENTCOM said in a statement, using abbreviation for IS.
“No US forces were injured or killed and there was no loss or damage to US equipment in the execution of this operation,” he added.
The strike came on the same day that CENTCOM said it killed another senior IS operative in an attack in Syria.
The operations are the latest US effort to clamp down on IS jihadists who have conquered the region but also carried out attacks in Syria and neighboring Iraq.
