Sunday, 14 February, 2021 - 12:15
US military vehicle near an oil facility in northeastern Syria (AFP) Damascus, Deir Ezzor - London- Asharq Al-Awsat
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Saturday the targeting of ISIS commander Abu Yassin al-Iraqi by a drone strike staged by the US-led International Coalition in the countryside of Syria’s northeastern province of Deir Ezzor.
According to sources reporting to the UK-based war monitor, al-Iraqi was the successor of Abu Ward al-Iraqi, who was assassinated early on in 2020.
Al-Iraqi is believed to be the head of the terror group’s oil network in the area.
“Abu Al-Ward al-Iraqi was an ISIS official who was in charge of oil wells in Fulayteh, Al-Azraq and Al-Melh,” the Observatory reported.