A raid by US Particular Forces in north-western Syria has taken out the chief of the fear group, Daesh, right now, which additionally resulted within the killing of 13 others, together with girls and kids.
The raid by US commandos – which witnesses mentioned concerned helicopters, explosions and machine-gun fireplace – came about within the metropolis of Atmeh within the north-western Syrian province of Idlib within the early hours of the morning, lasting for round two hours.
In line with the Syrian Civil Defence, also referred to as the White Helmets, the variety of those that died on account of the raid was 13 folks, together with 4 girls and 6 kids.
Following the strike, the Pentagon labelled it a profitable, large-scale counter-terrorism raid and hailed the truth that there “had been no US casualties.” It added that “Extra info will likely be supplied because it turns into obtainable.”
This afternoon, it was then introduced that the raid was carried out to intercept the chief of Daesh, Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurayshi, and that a number of the others who died had been his members of the family. In a short assertion, US President, Joe Biden, acknowledged that the raid was a “counter-terrorism operation to guard the American folks and our Allies, and make the world a safer place.”
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Biden mentioned that the particular forces raid was chosen, as a substitute of a missile strike, in an effort to keep away from civilian casualties. That intention failed, nonetheless, when Al-Qurayshi “exploded a bomb that killed him and members of his circle of relatives” because the raid was beneath method, in accordance with a senior Biden administration official who talked to CBS Information.
The President praised the raid and the Particular Forces commandos who carried out it as a “testomony to America’s attain and functionality to take out terrorists anyplace they conceal on the earth.” He warned the leaders of different teams that “We are going to come after you and discover you”.
The killing of Al-Quraishi comes round three years after the earlier Daesh chief, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, was killed in an identical raid by US forces. That strike additionally came about in Idlib, elevating concern amongst many as to how members and the management of Daesh and different teams can discover haven within the province.
