ISIL Aide Killed In US Airstrike
One of the highest-ranking aides to the leader of ISIL has been killed in a U.S. strike near the Iraqi city of Mosul.
![Mosul is near the borders with Turkey and Syria. (BY-SA3.0/WikiCommons) Mosul is near the borders with Turkey and Syria. (BY-SA3.0/WikiCommons)](http://www.neontommy.com/sites/default/files/users/user1328/Iraq_map_najaf.png)
Al-Athaee is known to have travelled frequently with the ISIL leadership.
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Neither American nor Iraqi sources could confirm whether or not Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIL’s leader, was among the 50 casualties.
The Pentagon announced Friday that a further 1,500 troops would bolster the 1,600 currently in Iraq.
Read more at The Guardian.
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