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US airborne raid nets top IS operative in Syria
By Agence France-Presse
Jun 16, 2022 5:00 pm

BEIRUT: US coalition forces said they captured a senior Islamic State group bomb maker in an airborne operation before dawn Thursday in northern Syria.

A war monitor and Agence France-Presse correspondents said military helicopters touched down for only a few minutes in a village in an area controlled by Turkish-backed rebel groups.

This picture taken on June 16, 2022 shows a view of a building where US coalition forces conducted an overnight airborne operation in the village of Hmeirah in the Ghandoura district in the north of Syria's Aleppo province. AFP PHOTO This picture taken on June 16, 2022 shows a view of a building where US coalition forces conducted an overnight airborne operation in the village of Hmeirah in the Ghandoura district in the north of Syria's Aleppo province. AFP PHOTO
This picture taken on June 16, 2022 shows a view of a building where US coalition forces conducted an overnight airborne operation in the village of Hmeirah in the Ghandoura district in the north of Syria's Aleppo province. AFP PHOTO

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