Top ISIS leader in Iraq killed in US airstrike
By Tal Axelrod - 01/29/21 07:31 PM EST
The U.S.-led military coalition killed the top ISIS leader in Iraq this week in an airstrike intended to beat back a resurging terror campaign after a double suicide bombing in Baghdad this month.
The coalition announced on Friday that Jabbar Salman Ali Farhan al-Issawi, 43, known as Abu Yasser, was killed Wednesday in a joint mission with U.S. and Iraqi forces.
His “death is another significant blow to Daesh resurgence efforts in Iraq,†said coalition spokesman Wayne Marotto, referring to the group by its Arabic acronym.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/536580-top-isis-leader-in-iraq-killed-in-us-airstrike
