Central Command of the United States: Killing the leader of ISIS in eastern Syria, Islamic | Drone | Region
According to Reuters, on the 9th local time, the US Central Command announced that a drone attack was carried out in eastern Syria on the 7th, killing the leader of the extremist group ISIS in the eastern region of Syria, Usamah Muhajir.
According to reports, the US military stated in a statement that the attack used the MQ-9 Reaper drone and no civilians were killed in the attack. The Guardian reported that the US military did not disclose how the identity of the person killed was confirmed, nor did they disclose further details.
According to previous reports, the United States has approximately 900 US troops stationed in southern and northeastern Syria under the pretext of assisting Kurdish armed forces in combating extremist groups such as ISIS and protecting oil fields.