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US-led coalition says Syria strike killed 'top IS cleric'

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AFP Beirut
The US-led coalition said today it had killed the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed top cleric in a May air strike on the Syrian town of Mayadeen near the Iraqi border.

"Coalition forces killed Turki Bin'ali, the self- proclaimed 'Grand Mufti' or chief cleric of ISIS in an airstrike May 31 in Mayadeen, Syria," the coalition said in a statement, using an acronym for the jihadist group.

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First Published: Jun 20 2017 | 10:42 PM IST

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