An airstrike conducted by U.S. Central Command forces on Feb. 23 in Northwest Syria killed a senior military leader in an Al-Qaida affiliate.

US airstrike in Syria kills senior Al-Qaeda terror group affiliate leader Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, dealing a major blow to terrorist operations in the region

U.S. Central Command forces conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria, killing Wasim Tahsin Bayraqdar, a senior leadership facilitator of the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din, an al-Qaida affiliate.

A US airstrike in Northwest Syria killed Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, a senior leader of the Al-Qaeda affiliate Hurras al-Din, on February 23.

The U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, which oversees American forces in the Middle East, said in a statement that its forces on Feb. 23 "conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria, targeting and killing Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay,