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ISIS leader Taha al-Zoubi, also known as Abu Omar Tabiya, was arrested on Wednesday in the Damascus area.

The arrest was carried out with the help of a US-led international coalition.

A Syrian military official stated, "Our specialized units, in cooperation with intelligence services and the international coalition force, carried out a precise operation against one of the places where ISIS was hiding."

Last week, the US military carried out more than 70 airstrikes on various ISIS-linked targets in Syria. President Donald Trump described the attacks as "revenge" after three Americans were killed in an attack suspected to be carried out by ISIS in early December.