U.S. Special Ops Forces Enter Syria, Kill Senior ISIS Member
U.S. special operations forces have killed a senior leader of ISIS in Syria and freed a young woman who appeared to have been held as a slave in his household, the White House announced Saturday.
"U.S. personnel based out of Iraq conducted an operation in al-Amr in eastern Syria to capture an [ISIS] senior leader known as Abu Sayyaf and his wife Umm Sayyaf," according to a statement from the White House. "During the course of the operation, Abu Sayyaf was killed when he engaged U.S. forces."
"The operation also led to the freeing of a young Yazidi woman who appears to have been held as a slave by the couple," the statement added.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/u-s-special-ops-forces-enter-syria-kill-senior-isis-n360016
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