US Army Conducts Heliborne Operation to Take ISIL's Financial Director Away from Deir Ezzur

Rasa - Military helicopters of the US-led coalition carried out another heliborne operation in Southeastern Deir Ezzur to evacuate a senior financial director of the ISIL terrorist group from the region, media reports said on Wednesday.

News ID: 432215

Date: 06 September 2017 - 21:47

RNA - The Arabic-language al-Ahd news website reported that two military helicopters of the coalition carried out a heliborne operation in Kab al-Mala region near the village of Bu Leil in the Southeastern part of Deir Ezzur province, taking away a senior commander in charge of running the financial affairs of al-Tayem oilfield for ISIL from the region along with his assets.

Al-Ahd added that families of 4 non-Syrian ISIL members were also taken away from the region in the heliborne operation.

The Kurdish-language Rudaw news website quoted local sources as saying last week that the US army carried out a heliborne operation in al-Souh region in the Southwestern parts of the town of al-Masrab in Western Deir Ezzur, taking away a number of ISIL terrorists.

The US army has conducted a growing number of similar heliborne operations to help senior ISIL leaders in Eastern Syria this year.

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