The US military announced on Saturday that it had conducted a helicopter raid in eastern Syria that resulted in the capture of a senior ISIS official.
In a press release, CENTCOM announced that US Central Command forces collaborated with the Syrian military to conduct a helicopter raid that resulted in the capture of an ISIS official identified as Batar.
The press release said that Batar was “involved in planning attacks on detention centers guarded by the SDF and in the production of improvised explosive devices”.
No civilians, Syrian soldiers or US forces were killed or injured, according to the press release.
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A “supermoon” shines as a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter scans the desert as it carries troops May 26, 2021 over northeastern Syria. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
Shortly after the press release, CENTCOM issued another release saying coalition forces were attacked by rockets in northeastern Syria on Saturday evening, but said no injuries were reported.
News of the raid’s success comes a day after CENTCOM announced that four US service members were wounded during a raid which left a top ISIS leader dead.
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ISIS in its former “caliphate” capital of Raqqa, Syria (AP)
CENTCOM confirmed the death of Hamza al-Homsi during the helicopter raid and said all four US service members, along with a working dog, were being treated for their injuries at a US medical facility in Iraq .
“Hamza al-Homsi oversaw the group’s deadly terror network in eastern Syria before he was killed in the raid,” CENTCOM spokesman Colonel Joe Buccino told Fox News Digital.
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U.S. forces patrol near the Hori rehabilitation center for children of the suspected Islamic State (IS) group, in Tel Maaruf city, northeastern Hasakeh province, Dec. 15, 2022. (Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images)
Sinam Mohamad, the representative of the Syrian Democratic Council in the United States, told Fox News Digital that “the WE presence in northeastern Syria is still essential to ending ISIS.”
Jennifer Griffin and Peter Aitken of Fox News contributed to this report
