U.S. Drones Take out ISIS Leader in Eastern Syria, Were Harrassed by Russian Jets – RedState

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) introduced Sunday that they used MQ-9 reaper drones to take out ISIS chief Usamah al-Muhajir in Japanese Syria. No civilian casualties have been reported.

U.S. airstrike targets ISIS chief in jap Syriahttps://t.co/RtzKlBhXKE pic.twitter.com/A6IFnUGlXB

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 9, 2023

“We have now made it clear that we stay dedicated to the defeat of ISIS all through the area,” stated CENTCOM commander Gen. Michael Kurilla. “ISIS stays a risk, not solely to the area however nicely past.”

The CENTCOM press launch stated that the operation will harm ISIS’s makes an attempt at additional acts of terror:

This may disrupt and degrade ISIS’s means to plant and conduct terror assaults. Nevertheless, CENTCOM’s operations in opposition to ISIS, alongside accomplice forces in Iraq and Syria, will proceed in an effort to obtain the group’s enduring defeat.

The discharge continued, mentioning that the MA-9 drones used had been harassed earlier within the day by Russian plane in an virtually two-hour encounter.

Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, commander, ninth AF and CFACC for CENTCOM, defined the harassment:

Russian navy plane engaged in unsafe and unprofessional conduct Thursday, 9:30 a.m. native time, whereas interacting with U.S. MQ-9 drones finishing up our D-ISIS mission in Syria.

Russian plane dropped flares in entrance of the drones and flew dangerously shut, endangering the protection of all plane concerned.

Russian jets routinely harass U.S. drones, flying into their path and forcing them to take evasive motion to keep away from a collision.

Actually, it had already occurred earlier that day, stated Grynkewich:

That is the second occasion of harmful behaviors by Russian pilots throughout the previous 24 hours, with the primary taking place Wednesday at roughly 10:40 a.m. native time.

He added: that the Russian pilots had been performing unprofessionally and wanted to “stop this reckless conduct and cling to the requirements of conduct anticipated of knowledgeable air pressure, so we will resume our deal with the enduring defeat of ISIS.”

This Twitter poster claims that is footage of one of many occasions Russians harassed our plane:

An American MQ9 drone filming the second the thermal balloons had been launched by a Russian SU-35 warplane over the town of Al-Bab within the jap countryside of Aleppo. pic.twitter.com/ByUQpbWhoR

— Vlogging Northwestern Syria (@timtams83) July 6, 2023

The U.S. maintains about 900 troops deployed in Syria who primarily work with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces of their wrestle in opposition to Islamic State militants.

The Jerusalem Submit labels Usamah al-Muhajir an “ISIS chief in jap Syria.” They describe the sophisticated area:

[Eastern Syria] …is a big space managed by the SDF, usually consisting of territory east of the Euphrates river. West of the Euphrates the Syrian regime, which is backed by Russia and Iran is in management. Iranian-backed militias patrol areas alongside the river, from Albukamal to Deir Ezzor. ISIS members have sought refuge in desert areas, both east or west of the Euphrates, generally hanging at locals, comparable to murdering individuals who exit within the desert to forage. In northwestern Syria ISIS additionally operates underneath the radar, typically utilizing the duvet of different extremist teams, comparable to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to display their actions. Turkey invaded elements of northwest Syria starting in 2016. In 2018 Turkey took over the Kurdish space of Afrin, expelling Kurds and alluring in lots of Turkish-backed Syrian insurgent teams. Extremist teams, comparable to ISIS and related extremists, have typically infiltrated these areas.

Now there’s one much less terrorist now we have to fret about.