US Forces Kill ISIS Leader in Syria Airstrike: CENTCOM

ISIS has declared a new phase of activity in Syria and has carried out several terrorist attacks since February against the government of Ahmed ​al-Sharaa.

An U.S. Army AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter prepares to support Operation Hawkeye Strike in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, on Dec. 19, 2025. U.S. Army Photo

U.S. forces have killed ISIS terrorist group leader Ali Husayn al-‘Ulaywi in an airstrike ​in northwestern Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed.

CENTCOM said in a June 24 post on X that al-‘Ulaywi had been killed on June 19 in a precision strike conducted as “part of ongoing U.S. efforts to disrupt and eliminate terrorists seeking to attack Americans abroad or the U.S. homeland.”