WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- A senior Islamic State (IS) leader who, as the extreme group's "minister of information," oversaw the group's production of torture and execution videos, has been killed in an airstrike in Syria, Pentagon said Friday.
"On September 7, coalition forces conducted a precision strike near Raqqah, Syria, that targeted and killed 'Dr. Wa'il,' also known as Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, one of ISIL's most senior leaders," Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement. ISIL is known as IS in Syria and Iraq.
"He operated as the minister of information for the terror organization and was a prominent member of its Senior Shura Council -- ISIL's leadership group," Cook said.
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