On June 16, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Twitter that the U.S. military had killed a senior ISIS leader in an airstrike in Syria.
“On June 16, U.S. Central Command conducted airstrikes in Syria that killed ISIS senior leader and intermediary Osama Jamal Muhammad Ibrahim al-Janabi,” the statement said.
“His death will disrupt ISIS’s ability to acquire resources and carry out terrorist attacks.”
“CENTCOM will continue operations together with our regional allies and partners to degrade ISIS’ operational capabilities and ensure its lasting defeat,” the statement read. (Related: Biden administration poses ‘risk’ of allowing suspected terrorists into the country, watchdog says)
CENTCOM added that there was “no indication that civilians were harmed in this attack.”
ISIS leader killed in US Central Command airstrike in Syria
On June 16, the US Central Command conducted an airstrike in Syria, killing ISIS leader and intermediary Osama Jamal Muhammad Ibrahim al-Janabi. His death threatens to undermine ISIS’s ability to acquire resources and… pic.twitter.com/aCFpvCFfTz
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 19, 2024
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) killed three ISIS fighters in an airstrike in late May, AFRICOM said. statementU.S. military officials said Somalia’s ISIS leader, Abdulkadir Mu’min, was the target of the attack but could not say for sure whether he was killed. NBC News.
An estimated 100 to 200 ISIS fighters are in all of Somalia, a senior defense official told the outlet, but defense experts are concerned about the potential threat of ISIS spreading across the region. Voice of America.
