A senior military leader of the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din, an Al-Qaeda affiliate, was killed in a precision airstrike in Syria carried out by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, according to a press release.

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.

CENTCOM announced on March 1 that it had killed Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, a senior leader of Al-Qaeda affiliate Hurras al-Din. (CENTCOM)

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

On Jan. 30, CENTCOM announced that it killed senior Hurras al-Din operative Muhammad Salah al-Za’bir in a similar precision airstrike in Syria. In the press release announcing the strike, Gen. Kurilla vowed “CENTCOM will continue to hunt and kill or capture terrorists.”

The seal of the Department of Defense is seen on the podium at the Pentagon, Sept. 27, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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.