The United States has successfully carried out a military strike to kill a senior Islamic State leader.
The โunilateralโ strike in northwest Syria, carried out Monday, killedย Khalidย โAydd Ahmad al-Jabouri,ย CENTCOM headย Gen. Erik Kurillaย said in the statement.ย
The statement noted that al-Jabouri was a senior ISIS figure who โwas responsible for planning ISIS attacks into Europe and developing the leadershipโ structure of ISIS inย Turkey.ย ย
โISIS continues to represent a threat to the region and beyond,โ Kurilla said. โThough degraded, the group remains able to conduct operations within the region with a desire to strike beyond the Middle East.โย
He added that the death of al-Jabouri will temporarily disrupt ISIS's ability to plot external attacks.ย
According to the CENTCOM statement, no civilians were injured or killed in the strike.
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