US army publicizes detention of Islamic State chief

US Central Command wrote on X that the operations, performed from May 21 to 27, “served to disrupt and degrade” IS’s capability to “reconstitute, plan, organize and conduct attacks against civilians and US and partner forces in the region.”

In the course of supporting six operations within the ongoing marketing campaign, 5 in Iraq and one in Syria, the US army reported two IS operatives had been killed, two had been detained together with an IS chief and a number of weapons had been recovered.

“Operations like these underscore the commitment of USCENTCOM, along with our allies and partners, to the enduring defeat of ISIS in the region,” USCENTCOM Commander Michael Erik Kurilla mentioned in a press release.

The operations in Iraq had been carried out by Iraqi forces within the north, the place IS cells have remained energetic and perform sporadic assaults towards Iraq’s military and police.

IS in 2014 declared a “caliphate” after capturing giant components of Iraq and Syria, starting a rule marked by atrocities.

Iraqi forces backed by the worldwide coalition defeated IS in late 2017. The group misplaced its final territory in Syria two years later.

The group has, nonetheless, maintained a presence in Syria’s northeast the place it notably targets Kurdish-led forces, and in Iraq it largely carries out assaults in rural areas.

About 2,500 American troops are deployed in Iraq, which now considers its safety forces able to confronting the jihadists.

The US and Iraq introduced in late September that the worldwide coalition would finish its decade-long army mission in federal Iraq inside a 12 months, and by September 2026 within the autonomous Kurdistan area.

During his latest Gulf tour, US President Donald Trump met with Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia and introduced lifting sanctions on Syria.

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