{"id":122198,"date":"2025-02-17T07:52:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T07:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=122198"},"modified":"2025-02-17T07:52:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T07:52:38","slug":"centcom-announces-targeting-senior-al-qaeda-linked-militant-in-idlib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122198\/","title":{"rendered":"CENTCOM announces targeting senior al-Qaeda-linked militant in Idlib"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The United States military announced on Sunday that a senior leader affiliated with al-Qaeda was killed in an airstrike in northwest Syria that was launched on Feb. 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a brief statement, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the operation but did not provide further details about the strike or the identity of the militant targeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;On Fed. 15, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Forces conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria targeting and killing a senior finance and logistics official in the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din (HaD), an Al-Qaeda affiliate,&#8221; the CENTCOM statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CENTCOM Forces Kill Senior Operative of Al-Qaeda affiliate Hurras al-Din<br><br>On Fed. 15, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Forces conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria targeting and killing a senior finance and logistics official in the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MTsJ5TbIe1\">pic.twitter.com\/MTsJ5TbIe1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/1891246502812713056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the CENTCOM added, &#8220;The airstrike is part of CENTCOM&#8217;s ongoing commitment, along with partners in the region, to disrupt and degrade efforts by terrorists to plan, organize, and conduct attacks against civilians and military personnel from the U.S., our allies, and our partners throughout the region and beyond.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We will continue to relentlessly pursue terrorists in order to defend our homeland, and U.S., allied, and partner personnel in the region,\u201d said Gen. 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