US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Nov. 12 that it had “advised, assisted, and enabled” 22 anti-Islamic State operations in Syria over the past month, “diminishing the terrorist group’s ability to conduct local operations and export violence around the world.” The press release stated that joint task force operations, in coordination with Syrian forces, had killed 5 Islamic State-affiliated individuals and captured 19 others.
Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, recently committed Syria to joining the Global Coalition Against ISIS on Nov. 10. The new president, formerly an al Qaeda commander himself, has tried to position Syria as a strategic ally of the United States and has pledged to work with U.S. forces against ISIS insurgents.
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The U.S. has formally removed al-Sharaa’s designation as a terrorist as the relationship between the two nations continues to thaw following the collapse of the Assad regime in 2024.
CENTCOM also celebrated the progress it says Syria has made in resettling displaced persons following the end of the war. “At their peak in 2019, displaced persons camps at al-Hol and al-Roj housed 70,000 people,” the statement reads. “Today, the number has fallen below 30,000.”
