US Kills Al-Qaeda Leader Connected to Attack on US Forces in Syria

ISIS in Syria. Photo courtesy of Hawar News Agency (ANHA).

US forces executed a strike in Syria on Friday and killed an Al-Qaeda leader in response to the attack on US forces last month in Palmyra, Syria, that killed two Iowa National Guardsmen. 

The target in the strike, Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, was “affiliated with Al-Qaeda who had direct ties to an ISIS terrorist responsible for an ambush which killed two U.S. service members and an American interpreter on Dec. 13, 2025,” US Central Command said.