US kills senior military leader of Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria

Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay was killed in an airstrike that CENTCOM says is part of its efforts to "disrupt and degrade" terrorists' plans to harm civilians or military personnel from the U.S. and its allies.

"As we have said in the past, we will continue to pursue relentlessly these terrorists in order to defend our homeland, and U.S., allied, and partner personnel in the region," Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, commander, U.S. Central Command, said in a press release.

Since January, CENTCOM has taken out multiple senior Hurras al-Din leaders. 

CENTCOM also killed an unnamed operative, who was a senior finance and logistics official in Hurras al-Din on Feb. 16. Additionally, on Feb. 22, CENTCOM said it killed Wasim Tahsin Bayraqdar, who they describe as "a senior leadership facilitator" of Hurras al-Din.

After the strike in mid-February, President Trump congratulated CENTCOM and Gen. Kurilla, saying that they "dealt justice to another jihadi threatening America and our allies and partners."

Fox News' Jennifer Griffin and Landon Mion contributed to this report.