Alwaght- In a raid into eastern Syria early Saturday, Salafi cleric Mohammed al-Shalabi al-Saudi, 50, widely known as Abu Sayyaf, a midlevel leader in ISIS terrorist group was killed in a gun battle and his wife, Umm Sayyaf, was captured and being held in Iraq.
In a overnight operation, Obama ordered that this key ISIS element, identified as the group's Oil Minister who helped manage the ISIS's black-market sales of oil and gas to raise funds, the Pentagon have confirmed, as New York Times reported.
Ash Carter, the US Secretary for Defense, said commanders entered his home in al-Amr on Friday night on the previously secret mission.
The government troops killed at least forty ISIS terrorists, including a senior commander in charge of oil fields, Syrian state media earlier reported
Abu Sayyaf is also the name of a militant Islamist group based in the Philippines, which swore an oath of allegiance to ISIS in July last year, the Independent pointed out.
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance
Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
Wahhabism & Extremism
Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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