American forces and their allies killed a total of 686 ISIS suspects operating in Syria and Iraq this year, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Thursday.
U.S. and coalition forces have successfully targeted several senior ISIS members this year, notably in February when the militant group’s ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died during a raid in northwestern Syria.
“The emerging, reliable and steady ability of our Iraqi and Syrian partner forces to conduct unilateral operations to capture and kill ISIS leaders allows us to maintain steady pressure on the ISIS network,” said Maj. Gen. Matt McFarlane said in a statement. Of note: “No U.S. forces were injured or killed” in operations in the region this year, per a CENTCOM statement.