Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani and two of his sons affiliated to the group had been killed in a raid, the US army says
United States Central Command (CENTCOM) forces have killed a senior ISIL (ISIS) chief and his two sons affiliated to the group in Syria’s Aleppo area, the US army has mentioned.
A submit on X on Friday mentioned, “Early this morning in al Bab, Aleppo Governate, Syria, CENTCOM Forces carried out a raid ensuing within the dying of senior ISIS Chief, Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani, and his two grownup ISIS-affiliated sons, Abdallah Dhiya al-Hardani and Abd al-Rahman Dhiya Zawba al-Hardani.”
“These ISIS people posed a menace to US and Coalition Forces, in addition to the brand new Syrian Authorities, ” it added.
“We are going to proceed to relentlessly pursue ISIS terrorists wherever they’re. ISIS terrorists will not be protected the place they sleep, the place they function, and the place they cover. Alongside our companions and allies, U.S. Central Command is dedicated to the enduring defeat of ISIS terrorists that threaten the area, our allies, and our homeland,” Normal Michael Erik Kurilla, US CENTCOM commander, mentioned.
In late Might, ISIL claimed responsibility for an attack on the Syrian military, representing the armed group’s first strike at authorities forces because the fall of Bashar al-Assad, in line with analysts.
In a press release concerning that assault, ISIL mentioned its fighters had planted an explosive system that struck a “automobile of the apostate regime” in southern Syria.
ISIL, which views the brand new authorities in Damascus led by President Ahemd al-Sharaa as illegitimate, has to this point concentrated its actions towards Kurdish forces within the north.
The fledgling Syrian authorities has needed to cope with Israeli bombardment and incursions into its territory since al-Assad’s overthrow, in addition to the eruption of sustained sectarian violence within the southern metropolis of Suwayda in current weeks.
