He was considered one of the 'most dangerous' individuals due to his involvement in the activation of Islamic State cells
This new attack was the second known operation by United States troops in northern Syria since the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. The new regime led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, who took office after his overthrow, committed to preventing the resurgence of Islamic State and is part of an anti-ISIS coalition that includes United States-led forces fighting the group.
An important ISIS terrorist leader was killed last night during a joint operation between the United States and Syria in Idlib province, in the northwest of the country, various sources reported this Wednesday.
The target of the attack was an Iraqi citizen identified as Salah Noman, considered one of the "most dangerous" individuals due to his involvement in the activation of Islamic State cells and in facilitating their movements within the country, according to a security source who spoke to Syrian state television Al Ekhbariya.
According to the source, who requested anonymity, Noman was located in a house in the village of Alma, where he had moved with his wife, a son, and his mother, after previously being pursued by the Syrian Internal Security Service in another area of the same province.
According to a statement from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the operation lasted approximately an hour and a half. "It is unknown whether the non-Syrian women accompanying the commander were arrested by the General Security forces (Syrian) or by the international coalition forces," the organization stated.
At the end of July, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that its forces eliminated a senior Islamic terrorist leader along with his two sons affiliated with the group in the Syrian region of Aleppo, according to the statement from the United States military.
CENTCOM indicated that "it carried out a raid that resulted in the death of the senior IS leader, Dhiya' Zawba Muslih al-Hardani, and his two adult sons affiliated with IS, Abdallah Dhiya al-Hardani and Abd al-Rahman Dhiya Zawba al-Hardani."
At the end of May, ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack against the Syrian army, marking the group's first confrontation with government forces since the fall of al-Assad.
