U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Friday a deadly strike on a leader affiliated with Al-Qaeda in northeast Syria.
The man had direct ties to an ISIS attack that killed two American service members and an interpreter on Dec. 13, 2025, according to a Saturday CENTCOM post on X.
“The death of a terrorist operative linked to the deaths of three Americans demonstrates our resolve in pursuing terrorists who attack our forces,” CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said.
“There is no safe place for those who conduct, plot, or inspire attacks on American citizens and our warfighters. We will find you.”
CENTCOM described the Al-Qaeda leader, Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, as an experienced terrorist who has plotted attacks and was directly connected to the ISIS terrorist who fatally shot and injured American and Syrian personnel in the ambush last month in Palmyra, Syria….