The US military is still conducting attacks inside Syria, at a moment its close regional ally Israel is gobbling up territory in the south, and Golan region, with IDF ground forces holding territory within dozens of miles of Damascus. “A senior Islamic State leader was killed by an airstrike last week, Central Command announced on Wednesday, as the region grapples with a fraught security landscape amid U.S. base closures in Syria and the escape of ISIS personnel from detainment,” Defense News writes based on a fresh Wednesday Pentagon statement. Hussein Al-Alawi has been identified as the target killed in northwestern Syria in the special forces operation. “The attack is part of our continued efforts to disrupt terrorist activities and to target those who seek to plan attacks on the United States of America and its interests both domestically and internationally,” CENTCOM stressed in its statement. “The continued collaboration with the regional partners in the fight against the group,” added the statement. “CENTCOM and its partners remain committed to defeating the last remnants of ISIS and to guaranteeing its demise,” stated Admiral Brad Cooper, US Central Command commander. The over decade-long proxy war to oust Assad, which heavily involved the CIA and Gulf [...]
