CENTCOM says the strike in northwest Syria on Friday killed a person tied to the December assault that killed US troops and an interpreter.
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The US says an air strike in northwestern Syria has killed an al-Qaeda-affiliated chief who had ties to an ISIL (ISIS) member concerned in a deadly ambush of US forces final month.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) mentioned on Saturday that an air strike a day earlier killed Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, who was “instantly linked with the ISIS gunman who killed and injured American and Syrian personnel” in mid-December.
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“There is no such thing as a secure place for individuals who conduct, plot, or encourage assaults on Americans and our warfighters. We are going to discover you,” CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper mentioned in a press release.
Two US troopers and a navy interpreter have been killed within the ISIL ambush within the Syrian metropolis of Palmyra on December 13.
Since then, the US has carried out a series of large-scale strikes in Syria in what it says is a response to the lethal assault on US forces.
On Saturday, CENTCOM mentioned US forces and their companions had struck greater than 100 ISIL “infrastructure and weapons” websites because the US navy launched its retaliatory operation in December.
“Moreover, US and companion forces have captured greater than 300 ISIS operatives and killed over 20 throughout Syria throughout the previous yr,” it mentioned.
US President Donald Trump had promised to inflict vital injury on these accountable for the lethal assault on US troops.
“I can let you know, in Syria, there will probably be lots of huge injury performed to the those who did it,” Trump mentioned on December 13.
