[VIDEO] Islamic State Senior Military Commander & Head of Oil Operations Killed, Wife Captured, in U.S. Raid in Syria
Posted: May 16, 2015 Filed under: Global, Mediasphere, War Room | Tags: Abu Sayyaf, Barack Obama, Iraq, Islamic state, Special forces, Syria, United States, United States Armed Forces, United States Secretary of Defense, White House Leave a commentA senior Islamic State (IS) member has been killed and his wife captured in a raid in eastern Syria by US special forces.
Abu Sayyaf, who helped direct oil, gas and financial operations for IS, as well as holding a military role, was killed when he engaged US forces, according to a Pentagon statement.
The operation in al-Amr was authorised by President Barack Obama and was carried out by forces based in Iraq.
The BBC’s Rajini Vaidyanathan says Abu Sayyaf oversaw IS’s “illicit oil and gas operations” – a key source of the group’s funding.
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