Last month’s raid In Iraq’s western Anbar Province resulted in the death of four top ISIS commanders, U.S. Central Command announced. The Aug. 29 mission, one of the biggest raids carried out under Operation Inherent Resolve, took out the terror group’s top commander in Iraq and 13 other fighters, and left seven American servicemembers injured.

The U.S. military said those killed in a joint assault by U.S. and Iraqi forces last month included the group’s top commander in Iraq and its leading bomb maker.

American leaders should reject any form of mission creep in the Middle East – including state building and countering Iranian influence in Iraq.

Four ISIS leaders were killed as a result of raid in western Iraq late last month, the US military said Friday.

A top Isis commander tipped to become the group’s new global leader was killed in one of the largest US counter-terror operations in years.

The four leaders killed were identified as Ahmad al-Ithawi, the operations leader for ISIS in Iraq; Abu Hammam, who oversaw operations in western Iraq; Abu Ali al-Tunisi, who managed technical development; and Shakir al-Issawi, who led the group’s military operations in western Iraq, according to Centcom.

The U.S.-Iraq joint military operation in Western Iraq killed four ISIS leaders last month, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed in a statement on Friday. The partnered raid, which took place on Aug.