Iran Press/ Middle East: The United States military has said it killed a “senior” ISIS leader in a raid in northeastern Syria as Washington continues its targeting of the group.
US commandos killed a senior ISIS figure in a helicopter raid in Syria that also left four American troops and a military working dog wounded Thursday night, US Central Command said.
Hamza al-Homsi triggered the explosion that injured the US service members as they closed in on his location near Deir ez-Zor on Thursday night, CENTCOM spokesperson Joe Buccino said in a statement.
"Hamza al-Homsi oversaw the group’s deadly terrorist network in eastern Syria before he was killed in the raid," he said.
Buccino said that while no additional ISIS militants were injured during the raid, "a separate ISIS raid that same night resulted in the death of an ISIS assassination cell leader." 219
