US says it killed Islamic State leader Usamah al-Muhajir in Syria
by Guardian staff and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#6CTPW)
Statement says that strike was carried out by the same drones that were earlier harassed by Russian aircraft
The US military said on Sunday it conducted a strike that killed Usamah al-Muhajir, an Islamic State leader in eastern Syria.
The strike on Friday was conducted by the same MQ-9s that had, earlier in the day, been harassed by Russian aircraft in an encounter that had lasted almost two hours," a statement from US Central Command said.
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