The US army introduced Thursday {that a} current airstrike had killed an Islamic State group official in northwest Syria.
In a submit to social media, US Central Command (CENTCOM) stated its forces “performed a precision airstrike in northwest Syria killing Rakhim Boev, a Syria-based ISIS official,” utilizing one other identify for IS.
The submit on X stated Boev was “concerned in planning exterior operations threatening U.S. residents, our companions, and civilians.”
The accompanying picture depicts an SUV car with a bashed-in windshield and roof.
AFP beforehand reported that two individuals had been killed in separate drone strikes Tuesday, on a automotive and a motorbike, within the northwestern bastion of the Islamist former rebels who now head the Syrian authorities.
A name to CENTCOM in search of affirmation that the incidents are associated was not instantly returned.
The dual drone strikes within the Idlib area mirror the US-led coalition’s previous strikes on jihadists within the space.
Throughout a gathering in Riyadh final month, US President Donald Trump known as on his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa to assist Washington stop a resurgence by IS.
