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BREAKING NEWS Saturday, May 16, 2015 9:10 AM EDT
U.S. Special Forces Kill Senior ISIS Leader in Syria, Pentagon Says
American Special Operations forces entered eastern Syria on Friday and killed a senior leader of the Islamic State, according to the Defense Department. The leader, Abu Sayyaf, was involved in the group’s military operations and also helped manage black-market sales of oil and gas to raise money, according to a statement issued by the Pentagon early Saturday.
In the statement, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said American commandos entered Syria with a mission to capture Abu Sayyaf and his wife, Umm Sayyaf.
“Abu Sayyaf was killed during the course of the operation when he engaged U.S. forces,” Mr. Carter said.
No American forces were killed or injured in the mission, Mr. Carter said.
The spouse was captured, and the statement said she is suspected of playing an important role in the group’s “terrorist activities, and may have been complicit in what appears to have been the enslavement of a young Yezidi woman rescued last night.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/world/middleeast/us-forces-kill-isis-commander.html?emc=edit_na_20150516
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