US airstrike kills Al Qaeda leader in Libya

A senior Islamic State leader has been killed in Libya in a US airstrike, the Pentagon said today.
"The Department of Defense has confirmed that Abu Nabil, aka Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al Zubaydi, an Iraqi national who was a longtime al Qaeda operative and the senior ISIL leader in Libya, is dead as a result of a U S military airstrike in Libya undertaken on November 13," Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said.
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The Pentagon also confirmed that Abdirahman Sandhere, also known as "Ukash," a senior leader of the al Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabaab, is dead as a result of a US airstrike in Somalia on December 2.

"Two other al Shabaab-affiliated associates were also killed in the strike that specifically targeted Abdirahman Sandhere," Cook said.