Israeli airstrikes early on Saturday bombed a location close to the Syrian city of Homs, injuring three civilians, according to state media. A war monitor claimed a Hezbollah ammunition storage was hit.
A US helicopter raid on Monday killed a senior Islamic State group leader in Syria suspected of plotting attacks in Europe and the Middle East, US Central Command said. It said he was an "operational planner responsible for planning terror attacks in the Middle East and Europe". The operation was launched "after intelligence revealed an ISIS plot to kidnap officials abroad to use as leverage", the statement said.
A raid in northern Syria resulted in the "probable death" of an unnamed lSIS leader "responsible for planning terror attacks in the Middle East and Europe," the U.S. military said.