WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Pentagon on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) confirmed that a US air strike killed Islamic State leader and spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani in northern Syria last month.

“The strike near Al Bab, Syria, removes from the battlefield ISIL’s chief propagandist, recruiter and architect of external terrorist operations,” Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said, using an acronym for the Islamic State group.

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