USA: US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported on Tuesday that an American military operation carried out on Monday in Syria resulted in the death of a senior Daesh leader, dealing yet another blow to a group that once caused fear throughout the Middle East.

The statement claimed that Khalid 'Aydd Ahmad Al-Jabouri was in charge of organising Daesh attacks in Europe and creating the organization's leadership structure.

When it was at its strongest in 2014, Daesh held large portions of both Iraq and Syria before being driven back. According to a UN report from February, the group has between 5,000 and 7,000 members and supporters spread across Syria and Iraq, with about half of them fighters.

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According to CENTCOM, no civilians were hurt or killed in the attack, but the organisation "continues to represent a threat to the region and beyond."

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Although diminished, the group is still able to conduct operations in the region and still has the desire to launch attacks outside of the Middle East, according to the statement. Al-passing Jabouri's would "temporarily disrupt the group's ability to plot external attacks," the statement continued.

According to the UN report, the threat posed to global peace and security by Daesh and its affiliates will be serious in the second half of 2022 and will have grown in and around conflict zones where it has a presence.

After the previous leader was assassinated in southern Syria late last year, Islamic State declared it had appointed a previously unidentified person, Abu Al-Hussein Al-Husseini Al-Quraishi, as its leader.

The Tass news agency reported last week that Russia had complained to the US-led coalition fighting the Daesh group about "provocative actions" by US military forces in Syria.

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The group "continues to represent a threat to the region and beyond," according to CENTCOM, which added that neither civilians nor military personnel were hurt or killed in the attack.