U.S. forces killed a senior operative of the al-Qaeda-linked group Hurras al-Din in northwestern Syria this weekend, U.S. Central Command said.
The Saturday, Feb. 15 strike in northwestern Syria killed a member of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Hurras al-Din group, described by CENTCOM as a “senior finance and logistics official.” Hurras al-Din, a Salafist militant group formed during the Syrian Civil War, said in January that it was dissolving at the direction of al-Qaeda leadership, but U.S. forces have continued to target leaders of the group.
“We will continue to relentlessly pursue terrorists in order to defend our homeland, and U.S., allied, and partner personnel in the region,“ CENTCOM commander Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla said in the brief announcement.
