BEIRUT: US commandos killed a senior Islamic State group leader in a nighttime raid into Syria, American officials said on Sunday as IS jihadists seized the northern part of Syria’s ancient desert city of Palmyra.

Across the border, IS battled Iraqi army reinforcements in the strategic western city of Ramadi, while Turkey said its armed forces had shot down a Syrian helicopter that had violated its airspace.

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