
US-backed Syrian Kurds report capture of key Islamic State figure
Mahmdouh Ibrahim ‘Abu Youssef’ al-Haji was captured Thursday in Raqqa, Syria Syrian Kurdish fighters and American forces have captured a senior member of the Islamic State group, a militant described as one of its “key facilitators,” the force said Friday. Mahmdouh Ibrahim al-Haji, also known as Abu Youssef, was taken into custody on Thursday in the northern Syrian…