Local sources indicated that the operation targeted a house inhabited by a man named Hassan Muhaisen Al-Aliwi, in the town of Abu Al-Nitel.
The arrested man was a former leader of the Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group and operated under the name Abu Hassan Al-Bakri.
Allied troops frequently conduct air operations in northeastern Syria against individuals accused of belonging to ISIS.
Last June 12, U.S. Central Command announced a strike in northwestern Syria that killed an ISIS leader named Rahim Boev.
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