A refresher: On Saturday, the Pentagon announced US Special forces killed a key Daesh figure known as Abu Sayyaf during a raid in eastern Syria, capturing his wife Um Sayyah in the process.
Officials announced the operation in this official statement the same day.
As is the case with any major Daesh news, the group was quick to respond with a statement of its own following remarks from the Pentagon.
In their usual slicky-produced style, the group released a video Saturday that was disseminated on Daesh-affiliated Twitter handles. Roughly 2 minutes long, the video was picked up by Al Jazeera Arabic following its release and featured several masked militants speaking into the camera. While Abu Sayyaf was not mentioned specifically, militants said none of their commanders were injured or killed during the raid, even claiming to have hit a US helicopter involved in the operation.
The move is not unusual for the group, but what happened afterward is.
Hours later, the tweets and the video were wiped off the Internet, as if they never existed. Our translator poured through social media looking for links or tweets to gather screen shots, but we weren't able to locate anything.
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