US DRONE STRIKE KILLS SENIOR ISIS LEADER MAHER AL-AGAL IN NW SYRIA

Tue 12July 2022:

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) stated on Tuesday that an airstrike in Syria killed a leader of the Islamic State terrorist group.

“U.S. Central Command Forces conducted a UAS strike outside Jindayris, northwest Syria targeting two senior ISIS officials, July 12, 2012. Maher al-Agal, one of the top five ISIS leaders and the leader of ISIS in Syria, was killed in the strike,” CENTCOM said in a press release. “A senior ISIS official closely associated with Maher was seriously injured during the strike.”

WE HADN’T FORGOTTEN: Maher al-Agal, the leader of ISIS in Syria, is reported to have been killed today by a US airstrike, Pentagon officials informed @ckubeNBC. The strike targeted Maher al-Agal and his deputy as they rode on a motorcycle near the city of Syrian city of Afrin. https://t.co/czEXx6KRbL

— Chuck Pfarrer (@ChuckPfarrer) July 12, 2022

There were no civilian casualties as a result of the strike, CENTCOM added.

CENTCOM believes that al-Agal was responsible for the development of IS networks outside of Iraq and Syria.

“The removal of these ISIS leaders will disrupt the terrorist organization’s ability to further plot and carry out global attacks,” CENTCOM spokesperson Col. Joe Buccino said, as quoted in the release.

Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, a prominent leader of the al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist organization Hurras al-Din, was assassinated by US forces in a drone strike in Syria in June.

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