EITHER Leader of the Islamic State in Syria Maher al-Agalwas killed by the US military in a drone strike in Syria, US television NBC reported on Tuesday, citing US Central Command spokesman Joe Buccino.
The Islamic extremist Maher al-Agal was until now the head of the terrorist organization in Syrian territory, coordinating a group of Islamic extremists currently organized underground. after having mastered in fact much of the territories of Iraq and Syria between 2013 and 2017the year they were defeated by the allied forces.
The US military operation was directed against the four men who currently occupy the most prominent positions in the Islamic State. The organization’s number two in Syria, a Maher al-Agal deputy, was also targeted in the attack, but it remains to be seen if he managed to survive.
“The removal of these Islamic State leaders will disrupt the terrorist organization’s ability to continue planning and executing attacks,” the US spokesman told NBC.
Recently, in June, the US military captured another major element of the Islamic State, and in February, killed the former leader of the organizationAbu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, on a special operation in northwestern Syria.
Source: Observadora
