IS spokesman al-Adnani killed in US air strike: Pentagon
The Pentagon has confirmed that a United States air strike killed Islamic State leader and spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani in northern Syria last month.
“The strike near Al Bab, Syria, removes from the battlefield ISIL’s chief propagandist, recruiter and architect of external terrorist operations,” Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said on Monday, using an acronym for the Islamic State group.
“It is one in a series of successful strikes against ISIL leaders, including those responsible for finances and military planning, that make it harder for the group to operate.”
The August 30 air strike was conducted by a Predator drone, which fired a Hellfire missile at the car Adnani was travelling in.
Cook has previously said Adnani had coordinated the movement of IS fighters, encouraged lone-wolf attacks on civilians and members of the military and actively recruited new IS members.
Soon after the strike against Adnani, Russia said it was responsible for his death, a claim Pentagon officials dismissed as a “joke.”
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