Two Islamic State leaders killed in joint coalition-SDF raid in Syria
The raid comes amid a string of SDF operations against suspected IS members over the past week.
The US-led coalition against the Islamic State says two senior IS leaders were killed in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province during a raid carried out with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
Ahmad Isa Ismael al-Zawi, also known as Abu Ali al-Baghdadi, and Ahmad Abd Muhammad Hassan al-Jughayfi, or Abu Ammar, were killed in a raid Sunday, the US-led coalition announced today.
Zawi was IS' wali, or regional governor, of north Baghdad, responsible for disseminating guidance from senior IS leaders to local operatives, according to the coalition.
Jughayfi was "a senior [IS] logistics and supplies official responsible for directing the acquisition and transport of weapons, IED materials, and personnel across Iraq and Syria,” today’s statement read. IEDs are improvised explosive devices.
