WASHINGTON (AP)— The Pentagon says U.S. Central Command forces have killed two operatives for the Islamic State militant group in a airstrike in Syria.
The U.S. military said the airstrike Monday in Deir Ezzour Province was aimed at IS militants who were moving a truckload of weapons, which was destroyed. Another IS operative was wounded.
Central Command said the area was formerly controlled by former President Bashar Assad’s regime and its Russian supporters. Assad fled to Moscow after rebel forces seized control of Damascus earlier this month and ended his family’s 50 years of iron rule.