WASHINGTON, D.C.: A coalition air strike in Syria has killed a senior Islamic State operative considered the group’s information minister, a week after another raid eliminated a top IS strategist, the Pentagon said on Friday (Saturday in Manila). Wa’il,” was killed in a precision strike on September 7 near Raqa, the Syrian city that is the de facto capital of the Islamic State jihadist group. US officials “will continue to work with our coalition partners to build momentum” in the campaign to deal the IS group “a lasting defeat,” he added. Under the deal, Moscow must pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Washington must work with Syrian rebels to silence their guns. The remaining 15 suspects were planning to cross the Turkish border into conflict zones, the newspaper said.

Source: Manila Times September 17, 2016 13:52 UTC