US Military Announces Operations It Conducted Against ISIS in Iraq and Syria

US Central Command on Wednesday announced that it supported a series of operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria from May 21 to May 27, as US troops remain involved in combat in the two countries.

CENTCOM said that from May 21 to May 22, it supported the US-backed Kurdish-led SDF in eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor province, which resulted in the capture of one ISIS fighter.

In Iraq, CENTCOM said it backed Iraqi forces in the northern part of the country in operations launched from May 21 to May 27 that resulted in the killing of two ISIS militants and the capture of one “ISIS leader.”