Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said Khadija was considered "one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world."MIlan Kammermayer/AFP via Getty Images

Islamic State leader killed in ‘precision’ Iraq-US strike – POLITICO

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A joint Iraq-U.S. operation killed a leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, according to Washington and Baghdad.

Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rufay’i, also known as Abu Khadija, was responsible for Islamic State operations, logistics and planning and directed “a significant portion of finance for the group’s global organization,” the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement Friday.

He was killed alongside one other IS operative in a “precision airstrike” in Iraq’s western Al Anbar province, CENTCOM said.