Four US troops, working dog wounded in Syria raid against Islamic State
A senior IS official was killed in a raid in northeast Syria that injured US troops and a working dog, who were transported to Iraq for medical treatment.
WASHINGTON – The US military said four of its troops and a working dog were wounded when a senior Islamic State leader triggered a blast during a helicopter-borne raid by the United States and local Kurdish-led fighters on his location in eastern Syria late on Thursday.
The suspected IS official, identified by the US military as Hamza al-Homsi, was killed during the operation in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province.
The four US personnel and dog remain in stable condition after having been transported to Iraq to receive medical treatment at a US facility, spokesperson for US Central Command Joe Buccino told Al-Monitor in an emailed statement.
No members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were hurt in the operation, nor were any civilians believed to have been at the site, Buccino said. No other IS fighters were killed or captured during the operation.
