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| Isis leader with alleged links to Paris attacks killed in coalition airstrike | Isis leader with alleged links to Paris attacks killed in coalition airstrike |
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| An Islamic State leader said to have direct links to the alleged Paris attacks mastermind, has been killed in an air strike in Syria. | An Islamic State leader said to have direct links to the alleged Paris attacks mastermind, has been killed in an air strike in Syria. |
| Charaffe al Mouadan was hit in a strike on Christmas Eve as he was plotting additional terror attacks on the West, a US military spokesman said. | Charaffe al Mouadan was hit in a strike on Christmas Eve as he was plotting additional terror attacks on the West, a US military spokesman said. |
| “He was a Syrian-based Isis member with a direct link to Abdelhamid Abaaoud (above), the Paris attacks cell leader,” said Colonel Steve Warren, according to Reuters. | “He was a Syrian-based Isis member with a direct link to Abdelhamid Abaaoud (above), the Paris attacks cell leader,” said Colonel Steve Warren, according to Reuters. |
| The US coalition said 10 Isis leaders had been killed within the last month, several of them linked to the Paris attacks that left more than 130 people dead. | The US coalition said 10 Isis leaders had been killed within the last month, several of them linked to the Paris attacks that left more than 130 people dead. |
| Col Warren said: “Over the past month we’ve killed 10 ISIL leadership figures with targeted air strikes, including several external attack planners, some of whom are linked to the Paris attacks.” | Col Warren said: “Over the past month we’ve killed 10 ISIL leadership figures with targeted air strikes, including several external attack planners, some of whom are linked to the Paris attacks.” |
| He added: “Others had designs on further attacking the West." | He added: “Others had designs on further attacking the West." |
| Mr Warren claimed that the effect of the air strikes on the Isis leadership could be seen in recent battlefield successes against the group. | |
| The Iraqi army recently saw its first major victory against the hardline Sunni militants, declaring the capture this week of Ramadi, a provincial capital west of Baghdad which fell to Islamic State in May. | The Iraqi army recently saw its first major victory against the hardline Sunni militants, declaring the capture this week of Ramadi, a provincial capital west of Baghdad which fell to Islamic State in May. |
| “Part of those successes is attributable to the fact that the organization is losing its leadership,” he said. | “Part of those successes is attributable to the fact that the organization is losing its leadership,” he said. |
| The announcement came as it emerged British air strikes were thought to have killed Isis militants in Syria for the first time since the UK’s operations started in the country four weeks ago. |