CENTCOM Says Its Forces Conducted 22 Operations Against ISIS in Syria Over the Past Month
US Central Command said in a press release on Wednesday that its forces in Syria “advised, assisted, and enabled” more than 22 military operations over the past month that resulted in the killing of five alleged ISIS members and the capture of 19.
CENTCOM said the operations were conducted with “Syrian partners,” which include the Kurdish-led SDF based in northeast Syria and now the new Syrian government, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an offshoot of al-Qaeda.
The CENTCOM press release noted that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who was once an ally of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founder of ISIS, announced this week that Syria has officially joined the US-led anti-ISIS coalition.
