A senior Islamic State (IS) leader was detained by the US-led coalition during a helicopterborne, pre-dawn raid in northern Syria on Thursday.
Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi is believed to be “an experienced bomb maker and facilitator who became one of the group’s top leaders in Syria,” the US-led coalition said in a statement. Local reports suggested the raid occurred southwest of the town of Jarablus, in an area controlled by Syrian opposition forces backed by Turkey.