Airstrike Kills Militant Suspected of Involvement in Benghazi Attack

The United States said Monday that an airstrike last week in northern Iraq killed an Islamic State militant suspected of being involved in the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren said the June 15 airstrike in Mosul killed Ali Awni al-Harzi, who worked closely with extremists affiliated with the Islamic State group in North Africa and the Middle East. Warren...

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