The US military killed a senior ISIS leader in a raid in Syria on Friday, as well as two of his ISIS-affiliated sons, according to a release from US Central Command.

The top ISIS leader as well as his two adult sons "posed a threat to U.S. and coalition forces, as well as the new Syrian Government," CENTCOM said

U.S. soldiers and Syrian fighters patrol the Deconfliction Zone in Syria on June 11. (Sgt. Trenton Pallone/Army) American military forces killed a senior Islamic State leader and his two adult sons during an operation in Aleppo,