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US-led coalition strike kills IS leader in Syria: Pentagon

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Last Updated : Dec 10 2016 | 11:13 PM IST
The US-led coalition has killed a key leader of the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, the Pentagon said today.
"Coalition warplanes targeted and killed Tunisian Boubaker al-Hakim, in Raqqa, Syria, November 26," Pentagon spokesman Ben Sakrisson said in a statement emailed to AFP. "Al-Hakim was an ISIL leader and longtime terrorist with deep ties to French and Tunisian Jihadist elements.

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First Published: Dec 10 2016 | 11:13 PM IST

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