The seal for the U.S. Central Command is displayed on Feb. 6, 2017, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. The U.S. military says it has captured an operator for the Islamic State extremist group during a helicopter raid in northern Syria. U.S. Central Command said in a statement Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, that the operator, Abu Halil al-Fad’ani, “was assessed to have relationships throughout the ISIS network in the region." It says his capture on Saturday increases the chance that U.S. counterterrorism operations there will be able to target additional members of the group. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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