Iraq Defense Ministry: Second in command of ISIS killed in coalition airstrike
The Iraqi Defense Ministry says a senior ISIS commander has been killed in a U.S.-led airstrike in country's north. While the U.S.-led coalition says it carried out a strike there in the last 24 hours, American officials could not be immediately reached about the statement by Iraq, which has made incorrect claims before, The Daily Star reports.
The Defense Ministry statement said the strike killed Abu Alaa al-Afari and others in Tal Afar.
A Defense Ministry official told The Associated Press that the airstrike late Tuesday hit a mosque. He spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to journalists.
The U.S.-led coalition said Wednesday it carried out a strike in the past day near Tal Afar, destroying a "militant fighting position and a heavy machine gun.”