Ibrahim Al Qahtani, an ISIS official involved in planning prison breaks, was killed in a raid by U.S. and coalition forces on Feb. 10, CENTCOM announced.
"ISIS knows that prison breaks work. They are time tested and generate results," Ian Moss, the Deputy Coordinator for Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorist Detentions, said at a briefing in October.
"So far, we have prevented ISIS from freeing these fighters. But there are a range of detention facilities in northeast Syria, and we know they will try to attack them again."CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP About 900 U.S. troops are still in Syria to help the Syrian Democratic Forces and other coalition groups suppress ISIS.
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