United States Central Command conducted a strike in Syria, resulting in the death of Usamah al-Muhajir, an ISIS leader, on Friday.
The strike, which occurred in eastern Syria, was carried out by MQ-9 drones that had been harassed by Russian aircraft shortly beforehand.The Syrian Civil Defense, a humanitarian response group often referred to as the “White Helmets," said they responded to the scene where a person who was riding on a motorcycle on the Al-Bab-Bazaa road in the eastern part of Aleppo was killed by a drone. The group also said a civilian passing through the area sustained minor injuries.
“We have made it clear that we remain committed to the defeat of ISIS throughout the region,” said Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command. “ISIS remains a threat, not only to the region but well beyond.” The drones that carried out the strike were harassed by Russian fighter jets over Syria, which capped off three days of such events, which U.S. defense officials characterized as “unsafe and unprofessional.”
The department released a declassified video of the incident, which appears to show a Russian Su-35 positioning itself in front of the U.S. drone and dropping parachute-born flares into its path.CENTCOM is also investigating a May 3 strike in Syria due to concerns the individual targeted and killed in that strike was a civilian.
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