ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – The US-led global coalition on Wednesday located and killed alleged prominent Islamic State (ISIS) leader Salah Numan in Idlib’s Atmeh area, Syrian state TV said, citing government sources.

According to sources speaking to Syrian state media, the operation began in the early hours of Wednesday, whereby several neighborhoods were encircled by coalition helicopters, with the neighborhoods’ entry and exit points closed.

The coalition zeroed in on a two-story house, where the inhabitants of the first floor were evacuated, while the 24-year-old man living on the second floor with his wife, mother, and young child tried to escape, “prompting the forces to target and kill him.”

“The target of the Atmeh operation is Salah Numan, an Iraqi national and a leader in ISIS,” said Syria TV in a separate report shortly after, describing the alleged ISIS leader as “one of the most dangerous wanted individuals for his involvement in activating and directing ISIS cells inside Syria.”

“The operation resulted in the death of Salah Numan, and no injuries or prisoners were reported among the executing force,” the state-run outlet confirmed, citing government sources.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) Deir ez-Zor Military Council on Saturday announced the capture of 12 “wanted individuals and suspects” linked to ISIS in the city of Deir ez-Zor in an operation with the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), while freeing four fighters of the Deir ez-Zor Military Council in the process.

ISIS took control of swathes of Syrian and Iraqi territory in 2014, announcing its self-proclaimed caliphate with the Iraqi city of Mosul as its capital. They were territorially defeated with assistance from the US-led coalition forces in Iraq by 2017 and in Syria by 2019.

Despite their territorial defeat, the militant group to this day poses a sizeable threat to Syrian and Iraqi security through sleeper cells and hit-and-run operations.