Hajin was the extremists’ main stronghold in the last pocket of land they control in eastern Syria, near the Iraqi border.
Author: Bassem Mroue, Associated Press
US-led coalition strikes Islamic State figure involved in killing American Peter Kassig
Col. Sean Ryan, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State, told The Associated Press that coalition forces conducted precision strikes against Abu al-Umarayn and several other militants.
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