Syrian forces kill ISIS minister of war in Raqqa

Abu Musab al-Masri, top ISIS terrorist and the group’s minister of war, was reported dead after a Syrian raid in the northeastern Raqqa province.

“The death of al-Masri represents a major blow to Daesh terror group,” an army official said, using another acronym for ISIS.

Supported by Russia, the Syrian army has recently made a rapid advance in eastern Aleppo, recapturing areas near the western administrative border of Raqqa province.

Abu Omar al-Shishani, the previous ISIS minister of war, was killed in an airstrike by the coalition last year. ISIS confirmed al-Shishani’s death in July 2016, but said he had died fighting in the Iraqi city of Shirqat south of Mosul.



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