On 6 April , U.S. special forces conducted a landing operation against ISIL west of Deir ez-Zor . Two Coalition helicopters airdropped soldiers in the area who then interdicted a car on route from Raqqa to Deir ez-Zor . During the operation , U.S. forces killed four ISIL commanders and extracted a Jordanian spy who had infiltrated ISIL and served as one of its leaders . CNN reported that the operation took place near Mayadin and that one of the ISIL commanders killed by U.S. forces was Abdurakhmon Uzbeki , a top facilitator and close associate of ISIL 's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ; he was also connected to the 2017 New Year 's nightclub bombing in Turkey
2017 New Year 's nightclub bombing in Turkey
2017 Istanbul nightclub shooting
American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War