WASHINGTON, D.C.: Russia’s claim that it killed Islamic State group spokesman and top strategist Abu Mohamed al-Adnani is a “joke,” and the strike was conducted by a US Predator drone, American officials said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).
The Russian defense ministry had earlier said an Su-34 warplane killed “up to 40” IS fighters -- including Adnani -- in a bombing raid near the village of Um Hosh in the province of Aleppo on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).
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