Wahid al-Shamri, an Islamic State spokesman who the US says facilitated the arms smuggling, was killed, one of his associates was wounded and two others were detained by the US military. after a rare raid by a US helicopter on a village in northeastern Syria under the control of the Damascus regime, Reuters reports.

22:07 US Army Central Command reported that one of Shamri’s associates was wounded and two others were detained by US forces.

“During the operation, no US military personnel were injured or killed, no civilians were killed or injured, and there was no loss or damage to American equipment,” Central Command said in a statement.

Earlier, a US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that the Islamic State member targeted in the raid was responsible for the beheading of two members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

According to the official, there were no US military or civilian casualties during the operation.

The United States leads an anti-jihadist coalition that continues to fight IS cells after the defeat of the “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria.

“US Middle East Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted a raid in northeastern Syria targeting a senior ISIS leader,” CENTCOM spokesman Col. Joe Buccino said in a statement sent to AFP.

According to Syrian state television, “US occupation forces” conducted a helicopter operation overnight, resulting in the death of one person.

It is the first helicopter operation by US forces since the start of the war in Syria in 2011 in an area controlled by the government, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSHR), a British NGO with an extensive network of sources.

According to the sources, the attack took place in an enclave held by the Syrian regime’s auxiliary forces, 17 kilometers south of Qamishla, a town controlled by Kurdish forces allied with US forces.

“Three US military helicopters landed at dawn” near the village of Muluk Sarai, a local resident told AFP.

American soldiers “used loudspeakers to tell residents to stay indoors” before searching the house.

According to him, “one person was killed and two were kidnapped” who were in this house.