US Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters
Okt 1, 2023. Posted by Balkan
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US forces carried out a helicopter raid in northern Syria on
September 28, capturing an “ISIS facilitator” named Ibrahim al-haji Shaykh, US
Central Command said on Saturday. This is the latest helicopter raid by US
forces in Syria and appears to be part of an increase of these types of
operations.
The US backs the Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria against ISIS. However, recent months have seen tensions in Syria between the SDF and some tribes in towns near the Euphrates river. Helicopter raids in northern Syria may be deemed a way to carry out precision raids on high value targets away from the area of tensions.
US Central Command said it carried out a second raid on September 23. In
that statement, the US said “forces successfully conducted a helicopter raid in
northern Syria, Sept. 23, 2023. Abu Halil al-Fad’ani, an ISIS Syria Operational
and Facilitation official, was captured during the raid. Al-Fad’ani was
assessed to have relationships throughout the ISIS network in the
region.”
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