U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a Nov. 12 statement that the capabilities of the ISIS terrorist group in Syria have been further diminished over the past month after local operations took down 24 members.
CENTCOM said that the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS “advised, assisted, and enabled” more than 22 operations from Oct. 1 to Nov. 6, in which the coalition and its Syrian partners targeted ISIS cells in Syria, killing five members and capturing another 19.
“Our success in countering the ISIS threat in Syria is a notable achievement,” CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said. “We will continue to aggressively pursue ISIS remnants in Syria while working with the Global Coalition Against ISIS to ensure the gains made against the group in Iraq and Syria are lasting and ISIS is not able to regenerate or export terrorist attacks to other countries.”…
Five ISIS Terrorists Killed, 19 Captured in Syria: US CENTCOM
