Right on the heels of the amazing news and footage of three Americans returning home from captivity in North Korea, comes the news that US-Iraqi Coalition forces have just captured five senior ISIS leaders.

5 senior ISIS officials have been captured, including a top aide to the group’s leader, 2 Iraqi officials said Wednesday https://t.co/5ks68gy9U8

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 10, 2018

Five Most Wanted leaders of ISIS just captured!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 10, 2018

This was a pretty complex operation that involved luring these leaders out of hiding in Syria.

The brilliant operation, which took three months for the U.S.-Iraqi coalition to execute, started with the capture of Alwaan al-Ithawi, an Iraqi known by the nom de guerre Abu Zeid al-Iraqi, whom Iraqis say is a top aide to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. An Iraqi intelligence unit tracked al-Ithawi from Syria to the Turkish city of Sakarya. The Iraqis procured an intelligence file on al-Ithawi from the Turks; Turkish security forces arrested him February 15, then extradited him to Iraq.

After al-Ithawi had been interrogated for weeks by Iraqi and American intelligence officials who garnered information including the details and locations of other ISIS leaders, the U.S.-led coalition launched an airstrike in mid-April that killed 39 suspected ISIS members near Hajin, in the Deir el-Zour district.

Following the airstrike, Ithawi contacted several of his ISIS colleagues who had been hiding in Syria and induced them to cross the border.

The five ISIS leaders captured, who were reportedly governing ISIS’ territory around Deir el-Zour, were Saddam al-Jammel, a Syrian who was the head of the ISIS territory around Deir el-Zour; Abu Abdel al-Haq, an Iraqi who had been the head of internal security for the group, and three others: Omar Shahab Al-Karbouli, Issam Al-Zawba’ie and Mohammed Al-Qadir.

.@nytimes: 5 top ISIS officials captured. pic.twitter.com/GJugYdbl84

— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 10, 2018

This is a remarkable story. The level of coordination and cooperation between the U.S., Iraq, and Turkey is also noteworthy. https://t.co/Gr6WHUclDU

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 10, 2018

We’ve come a long way from the JV league, baby. Everyone should be happy with this news.

Obama traded 5 terrorists for Bergdahl.

Trump just secured the release of 3 Americans and captured 5 terrorists.

You've got to admit, that's a lot of winning. https://t.co/MmOkx14MUF

— Vince Coglianese (@TheDCVince) May 10, 2018

And just a reminder:

44: frees American hostage, releases 5 terrorists

45: frees American hostages, captures 5 terrorists

— Razor (@hale_razor) May 10, 2018

No matter what side of the political aisle you are on, the decimation of ISIS is a good thing for everyone.