CNN —The US military captured an ISIS official in a helicopter raid in northern Syria on Saturday, US Central Command announced Monday. Central Command forces successfully conducted a helicopter raid in northern Syria, Sept. 23, 2023. Abu Halil al-Fad’ani, an ISIS Syria Operational and Facilitation official, was captured during the raid,” the CENTCOM release said. Another ISIS operative — Hudayfah al Yemeni, an “ISIS attack facilitator” — and two of his associates were captured in a helicopter raid in Syria in April. The US has roughly 900 troops in Syria as part of the ongoing mission to defeat ISIS.

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Persons: Abu Halil al, “, Fad’ani, ”, Troy Garlock, USCENTCOM, Hudayfah, ” — Organizations: CNN, ISIS, US Central Command, “, “ U.S . Central Command, ” Locations: Syria, “ U.S, Col, Iraq