Somalia. In an operation conducted by US special forces, Bilal al-Sudani, one of the leaders of ISIS, was killed. The operation took place in a mountainous area in northern Somalia. No civilians or American soldiers were injured or killed during the helicopter raid. The primary objective was to capture al-Sudani, who was killed. Al-Sudani held a high-level role in the terrorist organization. He had started out with al-Shabaab and quickly became one of the main fundraisers, which he then channeled to jihadist groups active in Syria and Afghanistan. The Americans explicitly named the Khorasan group. The Americans’ action was also prompted by the realization of an imminent danger, which, however, has not been defined. Despite al-Sudani’s death, the raid did gather valuable intelligence, according to White House sources.
