Islamic State said its spokesman and head of external operations Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, one of the group's longest-serving and most prominent leaders, had been killed in Aleppo province.
A senior Syrian rebel official had said earlier that Adnani was most probably killed in al-Bab. (Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Toni Reinhold)U.S. targeted Islamic State official in Syria strike: U.S. official
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