2 September, Washington:
The US has launched a secret drone campaign managed jointly by the CIA and Special Operation Forces in Syria to target the the leaders of the ISIS in Syria, a media reported.
The drone as part of a targeted killing program that is run separately from the broader US military offensive against the IS, The Washington Post reported yesterday quoting unnamed US officials.
The officials said the program was aimed at terrorism suspects deemed as “high-value targets”.
The CIA US has pulled drone aircraft and personnel from other regions, including Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the withdrawal of US troops and the reduced pace of the agency’s drone campaign against al-Qaeda have freed up resources, the report
said.
Officials say that the secret drone program is aimed at the leadership figures in the Islamic State as well as the operatives suspected of being involved in efforts to build a terrorist network.
