US General: 3 Top IS Commanders Killed in Airstrikes

Three top Islamic State leaders were killed in a series of targeted airstrikes in Iraq, a senior U.S. Defense Department official said Thursday. The official said the recent killings, conducted between mid November and early December, will reduce the militant group's ability to command and control areas it occupies in Iraq and Syria. The Islamic State officials were identified as Haji Mutazz, administrative deputy in Iraq to IS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, and Abd al Basit, the IS...

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