ISIS Leader, Four Militants Killed in US-Led Airstrikes in Iraq

Iraq’s Ministry of Defence released footage showing an airstrike on an ISIS convoy. (Photo: AP screengrab) 

• A prominent leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) group and four extremist militants were killed, and six other IS militants were injured in the airstrike on Sunday in a US-led coalition airstrike near the IS stronghold of Mosul in northern Iraq, a security source said.
  
  
• The airstrike destroyed four IS positions near the newly-freed town of Qayyara near Mosul, Xinhua news agency reported.
  
  
• The ISIS leader, among the five killed, was said to be close to the top IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a security source on condition of anonymity told Xinhua citing an intelligence report.
  
  
• On 25 August, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the liberation of Qayyara after defeating the extremist militants.