Syria | The US killed the leader of Isis in a drone strike

United States says he killed the Isis leader in a drone strike on Tuesday.

Maher al-Agal was killed in the Turkish-controlled area of ​​northern Syria near Jindires.

One of his top aides was also wounded in the attack, says Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col Dave Eastburn for AFP.

It is unclear whether the assistant also died in the attack. According to Reuters sources, two people were killed in the attack, but the US has confirmed only the death of Maher al-Agal.

The attack hit the Isis leader and his assistant while they were riding a motorcycle. Local villagers tell the AFP news agency that ISIS members did not live in that area.

According to the United States, no civilians were injured in the attack, reports Reuters.

of the United States president Joe Biden according to the attack will significantly weaken ISIS’s ability to plan, resource and execute operations.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has confirmed al-Agal’s death. According to the organization, it was the governor of the “Islamic State” in the Levant region, which is wider than Syria.

However, in 2019, US-backed Kurdish forces announced that Isis had lost its last territory in the border region between Syria and Iraq, so the Islamic State collapsed.

United States describes the slain Isis leader as one of the top five leaders of the Islamic State.

“In addition to being a high-ranking leader of the group, al-Agal was responsible for the aggressive development of Islamic State networks outside of Iraq and Syria,” the Pentagon said in a statement.

According to the United States, the two men targeted by the attack had connections with the armed group Ahrar al-Sharqiya operating in northern Syria. The group has carried out attacks against Kurdish targets in Turkish-controlled areas in northern Syria.

In 2019, the group in question murdered a Kurdish politician Hevrin Khalaf.

“Ahrar al-Sharqiya has committed numerous crimes against civilians and especially against the Syrian Kurds. These include murders, kidnappings, torture, and confiscation of private property,” the US State Department commented at the time.

Impact may not be as significant as the US makes it out to be.

Founder of Jihad Analytics Damien Ferré according to Isis quickly replaces killed leaders with new ones and the killing of leaders should not affect the operation of the organization.

“They are still able to carry out attacks against Syrian government forces and carry out operations against Kurdish forces there.”

However, Isis is weaker than in the era of the Islamic State. In the years 2011–2019, Isis controlled a large part of Iraq and Syria.

in the United States there are about 900 soldiers in Syria. The soldiers are mainly in the eastern parts of the country. The Biden administration has not detailed what kind of mission the troops have been given.

The last Isis leader was killed in a US attack in February. Isis leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi blew himself up when American troops were about to attack his apartment building. In addition to al-Quraysh, his family members were killed in the explosion.