A member of the ISIS terrorist group responsible for sleeper cell attacks against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been killed in Deir ez-Zur, Syria, according to a military spokesperson.
Abu Alward Al-Iraqi, an Iraqi citizen, was killed in an Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) and Syrian commando raid, OIR spokesman Col. Myles B. Caggins III said in a statement on Twitter. "The ISIS Oil Emir was killed during @SOJTFOIR & Syrian commando raid. This hinders Daesh’s ability to fund terrorism,” Caggins wrote on Sunday. According to the Rojava Network, Al-Iraqi was responsible for providing money and oil to finance ISIS cells.
