US says it killed al-Qaeda-affiliated leader tied to deadly Syria ambush

An al-Qaeda-affiliated leader who had ties to an ISIL (ISIS) member who was killed last month in a deadly ambush of US forces, according to the United States, was killed by an airstrike in northwest Syria.

Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, who was “directly connected to the ISIS gunman who killed and injured American and Syrian personnel,” was killed in an airstrike on December 2, according to the US Central Command (CENTCOM).

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There is no place for those who carry out, plot, or inspire attacks on Americans and our warfighters. We’ll locate you, according to CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper.

In the ISIL ambush in Palmyra, Syria, on December 13 two US soldiers and a military interpreter were killed.

The US has since launched a number of massive strikes in Syria as a response to the deadly assault on American forces.

Since the US military launched its retaliatory operation in December, US forces and their partners have attacked more than 100 ISIL “infrastructure and weapons” sites, according to CENTCOM on Saturday.

In addition, over 20 ISIS operatives have been killed and captured by US and partner forces in Syria over the past year, according to the statement.

Donald Trump, the president of the United States, had promised to punish those responsible for the deadly attack on US troops.