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A U.S. strike in Syria has killed a senior Islamic State leader responsible for planned attacks in Europe, U.S. Central Command revealed early Tuesday.
The “unilateral” strike in northwest Syria, carried out Monday, killed Khalid ‘Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri, CENTCOM head Gen. Erik Kurilla said in the statement.
The statement noted that al-Jabouri was a senior ISIS figure who “was responsible for planning ISIS attacks into Europe and developing the leadership” structure of ISIS in in Turkey.