June 24 (UPI) -- A U.S. airstrike launched last week in northwest Syria killed a senior Islamic State leader, U.S. military officials announced Wednesday.

An American airstrike last week in northwest Syria killed a senior Islamic State member, U.S. Central Command said.

An airstrike on northwest Syria last week killed a senior member of the Islamic State group, the U.S. Central Command said on Wednesday. Ali Husayn al-Ulaywi was killed on Friday as part of ongoing U.S. efforts to ‘’disrupt and eliminate terrorists seeking to attack Americans abroad or the U.S. homeland,”…

The US military says a strike in northwest Syria killed Ali Husayn al-Ulaywi, a senior Islamic State member. The operation highlights Washington's continuing campaign against IS sleeper cells despite the group's territorial defeat.

U.S forces have killed senior ISIS leader Ali Husayn al-‘Ulaywi in a precision airstrike in Syria, advancing efforts to eliminate threats to the U.S. and its allies.

WASHINGTON, June 24 - The U.S. military conducted an airstrike in northwestern Syria last week that killed a senior Islamic State leader, U.S. Central Command said on Wednesday. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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US Central Command on Wednesday said that US forces had conducted an air strike in northwestern Syria that killed Ali Husayn al-Ulaywi, a senior Islamic State group leader, last Friday.

US Central Command on Wednesday said that US forces had conducted an air strike in northwestern Syria that killed Ali Husayn al-Ulaywi, a senior Islamic State group leader, last Friday.