United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Tuesday that U.S. forces killed an individual they described as a senior ISIS official during a raid in northern Syria. The raid was specifically organized to target the individual, whose name and identity has not been released.
CENTCOM said that the target was a “key financier” for ISIS who helped plan and organize attacks across both Syria and Iraq, and that this individual posed “a direct threat to U.S. and Coalition forces and the new Syrian Government.”
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The emerging post-Assad government in Syria has struggled with ongoing regional security threats posed by ISIS and other extremist factions, and U.S. President Trump has moved to ease Assad-era sanctions against Syria as the new government takes shape.