Air strike kills senior IS leader

US-led forces in Syria have killed Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, also known as Dr. Wa'il, Islamic State's minister of information.

US-led coalition forces killed a senior Islamic State leader who operated as the militant group's minister of information in an air strike on September 7, the Pentagon says.

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook on Friday said the precision strike took place near Raqqa, Syria, and targeted and killed Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, also known as Dr. Wa'il.