Rayan Mashaal

US-Led Coalition Says Syria Strike Killed ‘top IS Cleric’

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The US-led coalition said Tuesday it had killed the Islamic State group’s self-proclaimed top cleric in an air strike in May on a Syrian town near the Iraqi border. “Coalition forces killed Turki Binali, the self-proclaimed ‘Grand Mufti’ or chief cleric of ISIS in an air strike May 31 in Mayadeen, Syria,” the coalition said … Read more

US-Led Strike Kills Founder of IS Propaganda Agency

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A US-led coalition air strike on eastern Syria has killed a founder of the Islamic State group’s notorious Amaq propaganda agency, Syrian opposition activists said on Wednesday. Rayan Mashaal, also known as Baraa Kadek, was reportedly killed in coalition bombardment on the IS-held town of Mayadeen, near Syria’s border with Iraq, on Monday. Several Syrian … Read more