Examining CENTCOM’s mix of unilateral and partnered operations against senior ISIS officials in Syria provides useful insights into the group’s current capabilities and the focus of U.S. attention in the region.
A rare US raid in the afternoon of October 6 killed an ISIS member in Syria, a day after US Central Command sent forces via helicopter to raid a village near Qamishli. The target of the US helicopter raid was Rakkan Wahid al-Shammri, an ISIS official
US strikes knocked off the jihadist group's second-highest Syrian commander and a smuggler believed to have helped kidnap and behead Kurdish officials.