US Military Captures Key ISIS Operative in Helicopter Raid in Syria

U.S. military forces have captured a key ISIS ‘facilitator’ in a helicopter raid in northern Syria.

CH-47 Chinook helicopters take off while transporting troops from a remote combat outpost in northeastern Syria on May 24, 2021. John Moore/Getty Images

The U.S. military, aided by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters, captured a key operative of the ISIS terrorist group during a helicopter raid in northern Syria.

In a Sept. 30 statement, U.S. Central Command (CENCTOM)—the military component that oversees operations in the Middle East and central and south Asia—announced that Mamduh Ibrahim al-Haji Shaykh, a suspected ISIS “facilitator,” had been captured in a helicopter raid.