U.S. Troops Fought ‘Hand to Hand’ in Syria Raid

Night Raid

Abu Sayyaf was the “CFO” of ISIS, defense officials said.

Published May 16 2015 11:32AM EDT

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U.S. Special Operations Forces met resistance and had to fight “hand to hand” in Friday night’s raid in al-Amr in southeastern Syria that killed ISIS senior commander Abu Sayyaf, defense officials told The Daily Beast.

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Kimberly Dozier

Nancy A. Youssef

Kevin Maurer

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U.S. Troops Fought ‘Hand to Hand’ in Syria Raid

Abu Sayyaf was the “CFO” of ISIS, defense officials said.

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Kimberly Dozier

Nancy A. Youssef

Kevin Maurer