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ISIS Leader Killed In Air Strike: Pentagon

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The Pentagon has confirmed that the leader if the Islamic State in Syria has been killed in a drone strike, stating that "The strike killed Maher al-Agal the leader of ISIS in Syria and one of the top four ISIS leaders overall."

  • States that another leader was 'seriously injured' in the targeted attack.
  • CENTCOM (the US Central Military Command) states that “Al-Agal was responsible for aggressively pursuing the development of ISIS networks outside of Iraq and Syria.”
  • There has been some criticism that the Biden administration had 'taken its eye off the ball' with regards to ISIS' operations in the Middle East, but this strike is likely to temper these comments for some time to come.

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