Overview

• CENTCOM said U.S. forces killed an unnamed senior ISIS figure in northern Syria who also acted as a key financier planning attacks in Syria and Iraq.
• The operation unfolded before dawn in Atmeh near the Turkish border, with troops landing from helicopters under drone cover as local forces secured the area.
• The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported an Iraqi commander known as Abu Hafs al-Qurayshi was captured, while Syrian state media identified the target as Iraqi national Salah Numan, known as Ali, and said he was shot dead.
• An Iraqi security source told AFP that Iraqi intelligence led the raid and that Numan’s wives were arrested, a claim not confirmed by the coalition.
• SOHR said a French-speaking woman was with the man seized, and Idlib has repeatedly served as a hiding place for senior ISIS figures targeted in past U.S. raids.