A pair of US raids against ISIS targets in Syria were carried out by US forces overnight Thursday into Friday. At least three ISIS leaders were reported slain, including Bakkan Wahid al-Shammri.
Shammri, an accused weapons smuggler, was killed in an operation in government-controlled Syria near Qamishli. This is an extremely unusual site for the US to raid.
Two other senior ISIS figures, Abu-Hashum al-Umawi and another, were killed in a US airstrike. CENTCOM says no civilians were killed or wounded in the attack. CENTCOM often says this, though it is often untrue.
Officials say the goal is to degrade ISIS across the region. They are also reportedly worried about the size of ISIS detainees in open air camps in Syrian Kurdistan, particularly with leaders trying to reassert themselves.
The initial solution was to just leave the Kurds in charge, but with none of the nations of origin wanting to repatriate the ISIS fighters,the goal now seems to be to thin down the number of ISIS fighters remaining.
Dehumanizing a innocent people that America invaded, now they snuff out lives every day for 20+ years. And everyone expects all will continue on as before.
Posthumously declares as Isis.
Just like Obama started the policy that every male they killed that was over 18 was a “militant”
US kills …. Just about says it all AFAIC.
Not that agaim! Ever since Obama killed Bin Laden resulting in the celebratiom on the streets — Obama t replicated the formula of “killing ISIS leaders”. And he did it with regularity as needed for news cyccle.
Uncouth and direct Trump iinstead just declared war in ISIS, Neither necessary — as all that was needed was pull a plug on he funding/ligistics sourxe!
It was one of those Obama-Clinton brilliant ideas that had to be killed.
Creation of a Sunni state by Sunni parts of Iraq and Syria -/ tthat would in due course be taken over by “acceptable” leades we could work with.
Well Trump could not let Russia beat ISIS, so he made sure US military parked in Northern Syria. Getting Kurdistan and Sunnistan under control.
Trump idea sent shock waves through Saudi Kingdom whose then Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef was from his days as Interior Minister,,a reliable executor of US ME plans, father of ISIS, banker, religious guardian and who whoke ligistic and supply chain, from personnel to arms, from Toyota trucks to computers and telecom.
Trump’s idea to stop “killing leaders” to killing the project — cost us Saudi trust. MBN was ousted in a coup in June 2017, and King’s son took over.
Ever since, plug was pulled on ISIS, and tge remnants were finished of in Iraq by Iraqis. In Syria we had Kurds “liberate cum occupy” parts oif Syria.
Never thought we would hear “ISIS leader killed” again!
Biden just needs poditive news from Syria? Or embarking on yet another stab at MBS?
There is no ISIS, no insurgents no Islamic anything. There is always — always period — a deep pockets underwriting such “spontaneous” centers of violence.
Biden cannot resist.