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| Islamic State 'deputy' killed in air strike, US says | Islamic State 'deputy' killed in air strike, US says |
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| A deputy leader of Islamic State (IS), Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, has been killed in a US military strike in northern Iraq, the White House says. | |
| Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz, is described by US officials as the second in command of the group. | Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz, is described by US officials as the second in command of the group. |
| They said he was killed in an attack on his car in Mosul on Tuesday, and that his death would damage IS operations. | |
| A number of IS leaders have been taken out by US-led air coalition strikes in both Iraq and Syria in recent months. | |
| 'Wide influence' | |
| Hayali was a primary coordinator for moving large amounts of weapons, explosives, vehicles and people between Iraq and Syria, the US National Security Council's Ned Price said in a statement. | Hayali was a primary coordinator for moving large amounts of weapons, explosives, vehicles and people between Iraq and Syria, the US National Security Council's Ned Price said in a statement. |
| In Iraq, Hayali was "instrumental in planning operations over the past two years, including the IS offensive in Mosul in June 2014", Mr Price said. | In Iraq, Hayali was "instrumental in planning operations over the past two years, including the IS offensive in Mosul in June 2014", Mr Price said. |
| He is described as "the senior deputy" to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was reportedly seriously injured in another air strike by the US-led coalition in March this year. | He is described as "the senior deputy" to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was reportedly seriously injured in another air strike by the US-led coalition in March this year. |
| "Hayali's death will adversely impact IS's operations given that his influence spanned IS's finance, media, operations, and logistics," Mr Price added. | |
| A second IS member who coordinated media, known as Abu Abdullah, was killed in the same air strike as Hayali. | A second IS member who coordinated media, known as Abu Abdullah, was killed in the same air strike as Hayali. |
| It comes several months after Iraqi defence officials declared another "IS second-in-command", Abdul Rahman Mustafa Mohammed, dead in an air strike in northern Iraq. | |
| Mohammed, also known as Abu Alaa al-Afari, was killed inside a mosque hit by a strike in Tal Afar in May, they reported. | |
| At the time, there were unconfirmed reports Afari had taken temporary charge of IS operations amid reports IS leader Baghdadi had become incapacitated. | |
| In June this year, the US reported that more than 10,000 IS fighters had been killed since the international coalition began its campaign against the group last summer. |