ISIS senior leader killed in daring raid which left four US servicemen wounded

Four US service members and one dog were wounded last night during a raid which killed a senior ISIS senior leader.

The helicopter raid in northeastern Syria, carried out by the US and the Syrian Democratic Forces, killed the targeted ISIS senior leader, Hamza al-Homsi.

The service members and working dog are receiving treatment in Iraq.

The news comes hot on the heels of US special forces killing an ISIS leader and 10 other terrorists in northern Somalia.

The operation targeted Bilal al-Sudani, a key financial facilitator for the global terrorist organisation, in a remote mountainous area with caves.

The US had been trying to wipe out the brute for years, due to him playing a key role in helping to fund ISIS operations in Africa as well as the ISIS-K terrorist branch operating in Afghanistan.

Militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) posing with the trademark Jihadists flag (AFP/Getty Images)

In October, the UK has declared that one of its Reaper drones tracked and killed an ISIS member who was riding a motorbike in northern Syria.

The ISIS Member's identity has not formally been declared and authorities apparently removed the man's body and the motorbike.

“On Monday 10 October, a Reaper remotely piloted aircraft, armed with Hellfire missiles, tracked and, when it was safe to do so without posing a risk to civilians, successfully engaged one such terrorist who was on a motorcycle in northern Syria, near Hamman At Turkumen," a statement from the Ministry of Defence read.

In November, the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) announced its leader has been killed in action. Abu al-Hassan Al-Qurashi died and Abu al-Hussain al-Hussaini al-Qurashi has been declared the murderous group's new caliph.

A US soldier stands next to an armoured personnel carrier in Syria's northeastern (AFP via Getty Images)

The announcement was made in a speech from ISIS spokesman Abu Umar al-Muhajir, however, the news contradicts reports of Abu al-Hasan's capture in Turkey.

Abu al-Hasan was caught in May during a raid at his hideout in Istanbul, according to a report by Turkish crime reporter Toygun Atilla. He claimed he was made a leader against his wishes.

Many believe Abu al-Hasan was just a nom de guerre and ISIS never formally identified the person behind the name.