On Tuesday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said it killed a senior Islamic State leader in Syria on Monday.
The statement stated Khalid ‘Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri planned Islamic State struck in Europe and established the group’s leadership.
The Islamic State ruled parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014 until defeat. A February U.N. study estimated 5,000 to 7,000 members and supporters in Syria and Iraq, half of them fighting.
CENTCOM reported this attack killed no civilians and that the organization “continues to constitute a danger to the area and beyond.”
“While weakened, the organization remains able to conduct operations within the area with a goal to strike outside the Middle East,” the statement stated. However, it said al-killing Jabouri would “temporarily hinder the group’s capacity to plot external assaults.”
The U.N. report stated the Islamic State and its affiliates were a major danger to world peace and security in the second half of 2022 and had grown in war zones.
After its head was assassinated in southern Syria last year, Islamic State nominated Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Quraishi as its leader.
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