2 year agoTwo people were killed in the explosion of a military vehicle for the Northern Brigade carrying military leaders near the city of Jarabulus, east of Aleppo
2 year agoA vehicle carrying leadership of the Northern Brigade (Liwa Shamal) of the TFSA has been destroyed on the road near Jarabulus, killing those inside. Unconfirmed what destroyed it, with some claiming the SDF hit it with an ATGM
@CENTCOM commander Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie says the original intent of last night's raid in Syria was to capture ISIS leader Hajji Abdullah
2 year agoUS military operation in Syria "a significant victory in the global fight to disrupt and dismantle ISIS," says @SecBlinken in a statement
The Pentagon: We did not arrest anyone in the killing of Al-Qurashi
2 year agoImage released by @DeptofDefense of the compound housing Al-Qurayshi in Syria after the raid executed by U.S. forces, in which the ISIS leader is said to have caused the explosion killing himself and multiple family members
2 year agoStatement from @SecDef on the US raid against ISIS leader Amir Hajii Abdullah
Biden says ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi killed today "chose to blow himself up . rather than face justice with the crimes he has committed, taking several members of his family with him
Biden: "I directed the Department of Defense to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. Knowing that this terrorist chose to surround himself with families including children, we made a choice to pursue a special forces raid at a much greater risk”
.@POTUS says operation was aided by SDF and US intel
.@POTUS talks about operation that led to the death of ISIS leader Amir Muhammad Sa'id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, aka Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi and as Hajji 'Abdallah Says al-Malwa "responsible for the recent brutal attack on a prison in northeast Syria"
The Turkish army is escalating tensions around Derîk, a region which has largely escaped the war in Syria, for unknown reasons. Shelling targeted Qasruk, Kasan, Jam Sharaf, and Nuala Kura
As the US operation began in Syria, the ISIS leader exploded a bomb, killing himself and members of his family, including women and children, Biden officials say. Biden to give remarks on Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi at 9:30am
The White House says POTUS will deliver remarks about operation in Syria at 9:30 am
2 year agoFull statement from the White House on the killing of ISIS's leader
US Special Operations forces under the control of @CENTCOM conducted a counterterrorism mission in northwest Syria that "was successful. There were no U.S. casualties. More information will be provided as it becomes available," says @PentagonPresSec
President Biden says U.S. forces have removed ISIS leader Al-Qurayshi
President Biden: Last night at my direction, U.S. military forces successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation. Thanks to the bravery of our Armed Forces, we have removed from the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi — the leader of ISIS
Syrian soldier injured in Turkish shelling near Tel Tamr
Residents of Suwayda city, south Syria, protested against the government decision to lift subsidy from the population
SDF: The operation of the international coalition in Idlib targeted the most dangerous international militants
2 year agoPicture allegedly showing the wreckages of one of the US helicopters that took part in the Armeh/Atma operation last night but had a technical malfunction and was landed and blown up by US forces in Afrin countryside
DNA tests are conducted to confirm the death of Abdullah Qardash, the leader of ISIS
Al-Arabiya sources: Among the dead in the Idlib operation, 3 may be the wives of Abdullah Qardash, the leader of ISIS
2 year agoTurkish artillery units hit YPG positions in Tel Temr line east of Rasulayn
Turkish forces and the Syrian opposition factions loyal to them, target with heavy weapons the village of Al-Dardara in Tal Tamr countryside, north of Al-Hasakah
Turkish forces and Turkey-backed armed factions target a village and a Pro-Assad forces point north of Syria's Hasakah with heavy weapons
Turkish forces are targeting a village in the countryside of Syria's Derbasiya, north of Hasakah, with machineguns
Turkish armed drones have targeted a vehicle near the village Xerze in eastern of Dirbespiye: Casualties reported
Civil Defense: At least 13 people, including 6 children and 4 women, were killed as a result of shelling and clashes that took place after an airdrop of US forces, after midnight (Thursday 3 February), targeted a house in the Atma area on the Syrian-Turkish border in the northern countryside of Idlib
