Coalition airstrikes kills three IS leaders

WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (KUNA) -- Coalition airstrikes killed three more senior leaders of the so-called Islamic State over the past three weeks, according to a US Central Command (CENTCOM) statement on Tuesday.
Abu Faysal, a senior IS leader, and his deputy Abu Qudamah Al Iraqi, were killed in a Coalition strike on December 1 in the middle Euphrates River valley region of Syria.
Additionally, Mustafa Kamal Jasim Muhammad Al Zawi, a IS senior leader courier, was killed in an operation on November 28 near Al Sharqat, Iraq.
"The removal of these key terrorists disrupts (IS') leadership and information dissemination activities, reducing the terrorist group's ability to plan and conduct terrorist attacks both within Syria and Iraq, and abroad," said the statement. (end) ak.ibi