Senior ISIS Leader Killed by US-Led Joint Forces Strike in Iraq

ISIS deputy caliph Abu Khadija was killed in an airstrike conducted by Iraqi national intelligence and U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq’s Anbar Province.

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A key leader of the ISIS terror group has been killed in a joint operation in Iraq.

Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, also known as Abu Khadija, was deputy caliph for ISIS and “one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world,” according to a statement by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.