{"id":6604,"date":"2022-06-16T05:47:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T05:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ezidi24.com\/en\/?p=6144"},"modified":"2022-06-16T05:47:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T05:47:23","slug":"senior-islamic-state-leader-captured-in-u-s-military-raid-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezidi24.com\/?p=6604&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Senior Islamic State leader captured in U.S. military raid in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #008080;\">follow-up \u2013 Ezidi 24<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>U.S.-led forces detained a senior Islamic State leader in Syria on Thursday, according to the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoalition forces detained a senior Daesh leader during an operation in Syria June 16,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inherentresolve.mil\/Media-Library\/Article\/3064878\/coalition-forces-detain-senior-daesh-leader\/\">Operation Inherent Resolve said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThe detained individual was assessed to be an experienced bomb maker and facilitator who became one of the group\u2019s top leaders in Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab ad-unit--is-rendered\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit__content\">\n<div id=\"acm-ad-tag-mr1_ab-mr1_ab\" data-slot=\"{&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;mr1_ab&quot;,&quot;is_companion&quot;:true,&quot;is_oop&quot;:false,&quot;refresh_on_resize&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:[300,250],&quot;sizes&quot;:[[[1280,0],[[300,250]]],[[1024,0],[[300,250]]],[[768,0],[[300,250]]],[[641,0],[[300,250]]],[[0,0],[[300,250]]]],&quot;amp_multi_size&quot;:&quot;300x250&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:false,&quot;wx_targeting&quot;:[],&quot;module_refreshable&quot;:false,&quot;fold&quot;:&quot;mid&quot;}\" data-unit=\"{&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;mr1_ab&quot;,&quot;tag_id&quot;:&quot;mr1_ab&quot;,&quot;dfp_id&quot;:&quot;5678&quot;,&quot;tag_name&quot;:&quot;nx.thehill&quot;,&quot;ad_disabled&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;facebook_only&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;mr1_ab&quot;,&quot;fold&quot;:&quot;mid&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;defense&quot;,&quot;kw&quot;:&quot;3525679-senior-islamic-state-leader-captured-in-u-s-military-raid-in-syria&quot;, &quot;hlmeta&quot;:&quot;3525679 senior islamic state leader captured in u s military raid in syria&quot;,&quot;hlmeta&quot;:&quot;3525679 senior islamic state leader captured in u s military raid in syria&quot;,&quot;tags&quot;:&quot;isis operation inherent resolve syria&quot;}\" data-path=\"\/5678\/nx.thehill\/policy\/defense\" data-google-query-id=\"CK7098SdsfgCFWLwEQgd8hMLZg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5678\/nx.thehill\/policy\/defense_1__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Major Youssef Hamoud, a spokesperson for the Syrian National Army, a separate coalition of rebel groups backed by Turkey,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/turkish-backed-syrian-rebels-say-us-led-coalition-carried-out-helicopter-2022-06-16\/\">told Reuters that a helicopter raid occurred in Al-Humaira<\/a>, a village located just south of the Turkey-Syria border.<\/p>\n<p>He told the outlet it was the first U.S. helicopter operation in areas under the rebel coalition\u2019s control.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S.-led forces vowed to continue hunting the \u201cremnants\u201d of ISIS in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mission was meticulously planned to minimize the risk of collateral damage, particularly any potential harm to civilians,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThere were no civilians harmed during the operation nor any damage to coalition aircraft or assets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Biden\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/592619-biden-says-isis-leader-killed-in-us-raid-in-syria\/\">announced in February that the U.S. had conducted a helicopter raid<\/a>\u00a0in northwest Syria, killing the leader of the Islamic State terrorist group, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"thehill-promo-link\"><a class=\"thehill-promo-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/overnights\/3525542-defense-national-security-a-pivotal-moment-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defense &amp; National Security \u2014 A \u2018pivotal moment\u2019 in Ukraine<\/a><a class=\"thehill-promo-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/finance\/overnights\/3525525-on-the-money-why-the-fed-went-off-script-and-hiked-rates-faster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On The Money \u2014\u00a0Why the Fed went off script and hiked rates faster<\/a><\/aside>\n<p>That raid drew comparisons to al-Qurashi\u2019s predecessor\u2019s death in 2019 during the Trump administration. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest in a tunnel in northwest Syria during a U.S. attack.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab ad-unit--is-rendered\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit__content\">\n<div id=\"acm-ad-tag-mr2_ab-mr2_ab\" data-slot=\"{&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;mr2_ab&quot;,&quot;is_companion&quot;:true,&quot;is_oop&quot;:false,&quot;refresh_on_resize&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:[300,250],&quot;sizes&quot;:[[[1280,0],[[300,250]]],[[1024,0],[[300,250]]],[[768,0],[[300,250]]],[[641,0],[[300,250]]],[[0,0],[[300,250]]]],&quot;amp_multi_size&quot;:&quot;300x250&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:false,&quot;wx_targeting&quot;:[],&quot;module_refreshable&quot;:false,&quot;fold&quot;:&quot;mid&quot;}\" data-unit=\"{&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;mr2_ab&quot;,&quot;tag_id&quot;:&quot;mr2_ab&quot;,&quot;dfp_id&quot;:&quot;5678&quot;,&quot;tag_name&quot;:&quot;nx.thehill&quot;,&quot;ad_disabled&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;facebook_only&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;mr2_ab&quot;,&quot;fold&quot;:&quot;mid&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;defense&quot;,&quot;kw&quot;:&quot;3525679-senior-islamic-state-leader-captured-in-u-s-military-raid-in-syria&quot;, &quot;hlmeta&quot;:&quot;3525679 senior islamic state leader captured in u s military raid in syria&quot;,&quot;hlmeta&quot;:&quot;3525679 senior islamic state leader captured in u s military raid in syria&quot;,&quot;tags&quot;:&quot;isis operation inherent resolve syria&quot;}\" data-path=\"\/5678\/nx.thehill\/policy\/defense\" data-google-query-id=\"CK_098SdsfgCFWLwEQgd8hMLZg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5678\/nx.thehill\/policy\/defense_2__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The U.S.-backed forces\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/435410-us-backed-forces-claim-victory-over-islamic-state-declare-caliphate-defeated\/\">declared victory over the Islamic State in March 2019<\/a>\u00a0after retaking the last village held by the terrorist group in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 ISIS militants attacked a Syrian prison in January, but U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/middle-east-north-africa\/592023-us-says-allied-forces-in-syria-have-retaken\/\">soon regained control of the facility<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>follow-up \u2013 Ezidi 24 &nbsp; U.S.-led forces detained a senior Islamic State leader in Syria on Thursday, according to the coalition. \u201cCoalition forces detained a senior Daesh leader during an operation in Syria June 16,\u201d\u00a0Operation Inherent Resolve said in a statement. \u201cThe detained individual was assessed to be an experienced bomb maker and facilitator who &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezidi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezidi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezidi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezidi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezidi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ezidi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezidi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezidi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezidi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezidi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}