April 4, 2023 1:32 PM

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US military says senior ISIS member killed in Syria

<span style="color: #222222;">A drone strike, carried out by the American-led coalition in northwestern Syria yesterday, has killed a senior member of ISIS who was in charge of planning attacks in Europe.<br />''<br />''A U.S. military statement said the man killed in the strike was identified as Khalid Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri. The statement added that his death will temporarily disrupt the organization's ability to plot external attacks.<br />''<br />''The strike was the latest in a series of attacks over the past years targeting al Qaeda-linked militants and senior ISIS members in northwestern Syria.<br />''<br />''In February 2021, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed in a U.S. raid in northwest Syria.<br />''<br />''ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hunted down by Americans in a raid in October 2019. In October, the leader of ISIS, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed in battle with Syrian rebels in southern Syria.</span><br />

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