Four U.S. service members were wounded by an explosion during a helicopter raid in northeast Syria on Thursday night. A senior ISIS leader was killed in the mission, officials said.
A U.S. official said the four wounded service members were part of a force of U.S. special operations forces targeting al-Homsi.
Three of the service members are described as being in stable condition with the fourth already having returned to duty according to the U.S. official.There are about 900 U.S. troops operating in northeastern Syria in areas controlled by Syrian Kurdish forces known as the Syrian Democratic Force. and approximately 2,500 American troops still in Iraq.
The mission of the American troops in both countries remains countering the threat posed by the Islamic State . Though ISIS no longer controls the vast stretches of territory it once held, its remaining forces continue to pose a lingering security threat in both countries.Copyright © 2023 ABC News Internet Ventures.
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