Senior IS leader captured in US-led military raid in Syria

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S.-led global coalition fighting the Islamic State group says it has conducted a military operation in northern Syria to capture a senior leader from the extremist group.  In a statement, it said the captured leader was an experienced bomb maker and operational facilitator and described him as one of the top leaders of the group’s Syria branch. The statement said the operation on Thursday was “successful,” with no civilians harmed and no injuries to coalition forces. An updated statement later in the day identified the captured IS leader as Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi and said he was taken in Syria’s Aleppo province. A dense official said al-Kurdi is being questioned.