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UPDATED: After Syria raid, U.S. kills Islamic State militants in air strike

cde.news desk 6 October 2022, 14:00 · 1 min read

U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen (PJ) and Combat Controllers (CCT)conduct an exercise March 11, 2017 at Grand Bara, Djibouti. During the exercise CCT and PJ Airmen parachuted from a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules, set up an austere runway and called in the C-130 for landing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman)

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it carried out an air strike on Thursday in northern Syria that killed two Islamic State members including a leader it named as Abu-Hashum al-Umawi.

The strike came just hours after a rare U.S. helicopter raid on a government-held village in Syria’s northeast killed another Islamic State official.

As with the helicopter raid, the U.S. military’s Central Command said initial assessments indicated no civilian casualties and it said there were no U.S. military casualties.

A rare U.S. raid on a government-held village in northeast Syria early on Thursday killed an Islamic State official hiding out there, two security sources said.

The United States has carried out previous raids in Syria to target members of the Islamic State group but Thursday’s would be the first known operation in a zone held by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.

Stock Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman