A U.S. official told Reuters that a rare U.S. helicopter strike on a government-held village in northeastern Syria on Thursday killed an Islamic State official, wounded another and arrested two others.
The official said that the ISIS targeted in the attack was responsible for the beheading of two members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.
The official added that there were no casualties among US troops or civilian casualties.
After midnight on Wednesday-Thursday, the American forces for the first time carried out an air launch operation in the areas under the influence of the Syrian regime.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the landing took place in the village of Maluk Sarai, 17 kilometers south of Qamishli, in the suburbs of Hasakah.
During the landing operation, the soldiers of the operation informed the villagers to go inside their houses and turn off the lights using loudspeakers.
The watchdog added that the landing operation led to the death of one person and the arrest of his family and another family, as well as the arrest of the commander of the “Military Security Support Headquarters”. It is not known whether he was arrested because he was wanted by American forces or because he resisted the landing of the plane.
On the other hand, US Central Command spokesman Col. Joseph Buccino said that US forces “conducted an attack in Qamishli and targeted an ISIS member.”
This American landing operation ended at 4 am on Thursday local time in Haskeh.
In early September, the watchdog announced the landing operation of the international coalition forces against ISIS with the participation of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Deir Ezzor, in which two people were arrested.
US-led coalition forces from time to time carry out landing operations in Syria targeting ISIS elements and leaders.
Source: Lebanon Debate
