August 31, 2016
FROM ONE VICTORY TO THE NEXT:
Key Islamic State leader killed in apparent U.S. strike in Syria (Angus McDowall and Phil Stewart, 8/31/16, Reuters)
Islamic State said on Tuesday one of its most prominent and longest-serving leaders was killed in what appeared to be an American air strike in Syria, depriving the militant group of the man in charge of directing attacks overseas.A U.S. defense official told Reuters the United States targeted Abu Muhammad al-Adnani in a Tuesday strike on a vehicle traveling in the Syrian town of al-Bab.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 31, 2016 7:54 PM