Overview
- U.S. forces killed senior ISIS commander Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani and his two adult sons during an overnight raid in al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate.
- The operation was the U.S.-led coalition’s first airdrop assault against ISIS this year, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
- Ground units from Syria’s General Security forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces joined CENTCOM personnel in executing the mission.
- Three women and three children at the site were unharmed and no U.S. service members were injured during the raid.
- The raid follows U.S. policy changes that eased sanctions on Syria’s interim government to strengthen counterterrorism coordination.