US Reaper drones in Syria were able to seek out and kill a top Isis commander on Friday despite interference from the Russian military, the Pentagon said.
In a statement to The Independent on Sunday, the Defense Department said that a group of Reaper aircraft destroyed a motorcycle being ridden by Usamah al-Muhajir, thought by US forces to be a top commander of Islamic State forces remaining in the Aleppo region of Syria. Isis has been pushed out of every inch of territory over which it once claimed military control, but pockets of fighters and leaders of the terrorist group remain dispersed around the region, plotting attacks against Syrian forces and the west.
