Senior Isil leaders killed in American air strikes
Senior Isil leaders killed in US strikes
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) speaks to the media as he sits between then Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (L) and General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff. General Dempsey has remarked "These are high-value targets" (REUTERS/Yuri Gripas)
American air strikes have killed several top leaders of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) in Iraq, the Pentagon has claimed.
Abd al Basit, the head of Islamic State's military operations in Iraq, and Haji Mutazz, a key deputy to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the group, were among the targets who were killed.
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