It’s being reported that the US military conducted a pre-dawn raid in Syria and killed the likely next leader of ISIS, according to Reuters.

They report that no troops were injured.

 
Here’s more via Times of Israel:

The operation, which included landing troops from helicopters, occurred before dawn in Atmeh town near the Turkish border, and an ISIS commander known as Abu Hafs al-Qurayshi, an Iraqi citizen, was taken away while another Iraqi citizen was killed, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Observatory, an anti-Assad organization of uncertain funding, said the man captured had a French-speaking woman with him, and it was not immediately clear if she was taken by the US force or by Syrian security forces who later cordoned the area.

Syrian state TV on Wednesday quoted an unnamed security official as saying the Iraqi man targeted in the operation is known as Ali, adding that his real name is Salah Noman. It said Noman was living in an apartment with his wife, son and mother. It said he was killed in the raid.

There was no immediate clarification for the difference in names and accounts reported by state media and the war monitor.