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_Published 2015-05-16. On Saturday, the U.S. announced it had conducted a raid in eastern Syria, killing a senior ISIS leader and capturing his wife._


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## Transcript

A US special operations team raided the home of a senior ISIS official in Eastern Syria Friday evening, killing the official and capturing his wife. That's according to the US National Security Council which released a statement on the operation Saturday morning. A source who spoke to CNN said the raid took place in the Eastern Syrian city of Deir ez- Zor. The NSC says the man killed was Abu Sayef. An ISIS leader who had a senior role in overseeing ISIS illicit oil and gas operations. His wife was also captured during the operation and an apparent Yazidi slave was freed. No US personnel were killed or injured.

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