 [RUDAW.NET] A coalition Arclight airstrike near Raqqa this week killed a senior ISIS military leader, the coalition confirmed in a statement published Thursday.
Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti, "was a previous member of the ISIS's War Committee and was involved in their retaking of Palmyra, Syria, before being reassigned to Tabqa to try to improve ISIS's defenses against the Syrian Democratic Forces," reads a statement from the Combined Joint Task Force of the US-led global coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
Al-Kuwaiti was killed on Monday in an Arclight airstrike near Tabqa Dam, west of Raqqa where the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are fighting the bully boys.
The statement added that al-Kuwaiti "was involved in the use of suicide vehicles, IEDs and chemical weapons against the SDF."
Tabqa city, 40 kilometres west of Raqqa, is of strategic importance ‐ it is home to both a major dam and a former airbase.
The conflict monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that "leading figures" of ISIS live in the city, which also houses the murderous Moslem group’s largest prison where key prisoners are being held.
As of the early this week, the SDF are within five kilometres from Tabqa Dam.
The global coalition has been supporting the SDF in their offensive, including providing heavy air support. The US has carried out more than 100 Arclight airstrikes near Tabqa Dam since December 9, US Special Presidential Envoy to the coalition Brett McGurk tweeted on Thursday. 
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