US special forces soldiers have killed a senior
leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant group during a raid carried out in
eastern Syria, the US secretary of defence
said.
Pentagon chief Ash Carter said in a
statement on Saturday that the raid in al-Amr
had killed Abu Sayyaf when he “engaged US
forces”.
Al Jazeera’s Omar al-Saleh, reporting from
the Bekaa valley in neighbouring Lebanon,
said two US helicopters had taken part in the
operation at an oil field east of the city of
Deir Az Zor.
“Activists from the area say at least six
people from ISIL were killed, including at
least two of Arab nationalities; a Saudi and
an Iraqi,” Saleh said.
“We believe the operation may have taken
place overnight or early Saturday.”
The US put the number of ISIL deaths at
about a dozen, and said no US soldiers were
killed during the incident.
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