'British' Islamic State leader killed in U.S. air strikes in Syria: monitoring group
BEIRUT A leading British member of Islamic State and three other foreign militants have been killed in U.S.-led air strikes in northern Syrian town of Raqqa, monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. | Video
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