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,

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