US air strike in Iraq kills IS fighter linked to Benghazi attack: Pentagon

The Pentagon has confirmed the death of one Islamic State fighter following an airstrike on Mosul.

A US air strike on Mosul, Iraq, killed an Islamic State fighter linked to the 2012 attack on a US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, the Pentagon said on Monday.

The June 15 air strike killed Ali Awni al-Harzi, whom the Pentagon said was a "person of interest" in the Benghazi attack, which killed the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans.

Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Lisa Lambert.