{"id":75771,"date":"2022-12-11T19:35:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T19:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/11\/us-raid-kills-2-islamic-state-militants-in-syria\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:58:12","slug":"us-raid-kills-2-islamic-state-militants-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2022\/12\/11\/us-raid-kills-2-islamic-state-militants-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"US raid kills 2 Islamic State militants in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIRUT \u2014 American forces on Sunday killed two Islamic State militants in eastern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/10\/06\/us-raid-in-syria-kills-islamic-state-weapons-smuggler\/\" target=\"_blank\">Syria<\/a> in a helicopter raid, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IS sleeper calls continue to carry out deadly attacks in Syria and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/03\/18\/us-troops-will-likely-be-in-iraq-for-years-to-come-central-command-boss-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iraq<\/a>. For a few years, the group ruled swathes of both countries but lost its last stronghold in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Central Command did not specify the location of the overnight operation, and claimed there were no civilian casualties in its initial assessments of the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">US Raid Kills ISIS Officials in Syria<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gmq7qGsEKK\">https:\/\/t.co\/gmq7qGsEKK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6lZUWkROa5\">pic.twitter.com\/6lZUWkROa5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/1601947521500483589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement described one of the two targeted IS leaders, Anas, as an \u201cISIS Syria Province official\u201d involved in plotting attacks in eastern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cISIS continues to represent a threat to the security and stability of the region,\u201d CENTCOM spokesman Joe Buccino said in the statement. \u201cThe death of these ISIS officials will disrupt the terrorist organization\u2019s ability to further plot and carry out destabilizing attacks in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kurdish forces also took part in the raid in the village of Al-Zer in eastern Deir el-Zour, said the U.K.-based war monitor group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The militants refused to turn themselves in before U.S. helicopters fired at the house they were in, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are some 900 U.S. forces in Syria supporting the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the fight against IS. They have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/islamic-state-group-middle-east-syria-342c0a879383489eabbaf479e2cbc8ac\" target=\"_blank\">frequently targeted IS militants mostly in parts of northeastern Syria under Kurdish control<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Nov. 30, IS announced that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/12\/01\/terrorist-group-announces-isis-leader-killed-in-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\">leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed in battle<\/a>. 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