US Central Command (CENTCOM) killed a "senior ISIS leader" in a Friday airstrike in northwest Syria, CENTCOM confirmed on Wednesday.
The "leader" was identified by CENTCOM as "Ali Husayn al-'Ulaywi."
The Pentagon stated that Ulaywi was killed as part of "ongoing US efforts" to disrupt and kill terrorists who are "seeking to attack Americans abroad or the US homeland." CENTCOM is working "alongside regional partners" in order to achieve these goals, it said.
"CENTCOM and our partners remain committed to rooting out remaining remnants of ISIS to ensure its enduring defeat," CENTCOM Chief Adm. Brad Cooper said.
"We will continue to defend the US homeland, our service members, and allies and partners across the region," Cooper added.
Treasury Department's OFAC designates Islamic State-linked financial networks, facilitators
Meanwhile, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three individuals and six entities across Europe, the Middle East, and West Africa for "facilitating financial transactions on behalf of ISIS," OFAC announced on Monday.
This includes France-based Miloud Abderrahmane, who conducted transactions with known ISIS-affiliates, including in Syria, as well as providing "instructional and manufacturing information on explosives" to ISIS supporters, OFAC stated.
Former Dutch national, Abdelhakim Boukich, was also sanctioned by OFAC. Boukich is based in Syria, and "controls and directs Bitcoin Xchange," which OFAC describes as a "Syria-based money service business" that is used to transfer money from various Western countries, including the US and the Netherlands, to ISIS terrorists, OFAC said.
Additionally, the Treasury Department sanctioned Nigeria-based Islamic State terrorist Mukhtar Adamu Muhammad, who facilitated money transfers on behalf of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).