Military Times | First US ground operation in Syria kills ISIS oil chief - as Islamists advance ... DEBKA file US sources report that Special Operations forces mounted a raid Saturday, May 16, on an ISIS house in the Deir a-Zour district of eastern Syria, and killed senior Islamist commander and oil and gas chief, Abu Sayyaf, when he resisted capture. His Iraqi ... U.S.: IS head of oil operations killed in Syria raid U.S. says IS head of oil operations killed in raid in Syria US forces kill senior ISIL leader in charge of oil fields during overnight ... |