A US-led coalition drone strike in northern Syria on Monday killed an ISIS member, The Associated Press reported Monday, citing a Kurdish-Syrian security official.
The official said the strike took place in the northern village of Hamam al-Turkman, which is controlled by Turkish-backed forces. So far, US Central Command has not taken credit for the strike, which the Kurdish official said targeted an ISIS member who was driving a motorcycle.
The reported drone strike came after CENTCOM said it killed three ISIS members in operations last week. The operations included airstrikes and a rare raid carried out in Syrian government-controlled territory.
On Saturday, CENTCOM said a rocket was fired at a base in northeast Syria housing US troops, although there were no casualties or damage reported. But the US has previously launched major airstrikes in response to similar incidents.
The US currently maintains an occupation force of about 900 troops in eastern Syria, a presence that is opposed by the Syrian government. The area of the country that the US occupies is where most of Syria’s oil resources are located, and local media frequently reports US military convoys stealing oil by shipping it into Iraq.
The cheap way to provide “evidence” of legitimate presence in Syriia. Keep on milking Obama trick — kilked some more ISIS leaders. Unless US pays for ISIS presence, there is no actor in the Middle East financing it. And where is now this mysterious ISIS hiding? In Damascus controlled part? US controlled part — an ocupation Kurds are being front for? Or Turkish controlled? This mysterious new ISIS needs a place to be. Syria is not a tribal, mountainous Afghanistan.
It appears that this is a retaliation for an earler Turkish attack on Kurds that were infiltrating their zone.
Do we want a proxy war with Turkey? Why not, the more the merrier. We are not winding proxy one in Ethiopia either.
Agreed. I’m sure they used an expensive “smart bomb.” Did you notice this one was an “ISIS member” while the last three were “ISIS leaders?” (see previous article–it said they were ISIS leaders). This ISIS member was driving a motorcycle in a village? Did he have “ISIS member” name tag displayed on his chest or on his forehead?