ISIS finance chief wiped out by airstrikes says US military
ISLAMIC State's (ISIS) finance chief has been killed in airstrikes by the US-led coalition, a US military spokesman has said.
An ISIS finance chief has been killed in an airstrike
Muwaffaq Mustafa Mohammed al-Karmoush, also known by his code name Abu Salah, and two other senior leaders were killed in the bombings which took place in "recent weeks"
US military spokesman Col Steve Warren confirmed the deaths from the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Col Warren said Salah was "one of the most senior and experienced members" of the militant group's financial network.
Col Warren said: "Killing him and his predecessors exhausts the knowledge and talent needed to co-ordinate funding within the organisation."
Brett McGurk, special US presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter IS, said on Twitter the three were killed "as part of the coalition campaign to destroy Isil's financial infrastructure."
No further details were given about the airstrike that killed Salah.
Abu Nabil was killed in an airstrike in Libya
Confirmed: Death of #ISIL finance minister Abu Saleh & 2 associates as part of coalition campaign to destroy ISIL's financial infrastructure
— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) December 10, 2015
The Pentagon also confirmed on Monday a US airstrike had killed a senior leader of ISIS in Libya.
American officials said Abu Nabil died after an F-15 jet targeted a compound in the eastern city of Derna.
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The US-coalition has been carrying out airstrikes against ISIS - also known as Daesh - in Iraq and Syria for over a year.
The UK, who was previously only involved in military intervention in Iraq, joined the bombing campaign against ISIS in Syria after the motion was passed overwhelmingly in Parliament earlier this month.
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