Abdul Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli |
The US military has denied claims by Iraq’s government that a coalition air strike hit a mosque where the deputy commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group had been meeting with other fighters in the north of the country.
Iraq’s defense ministry said an air strike by the US-led coalition had killed Abu Alaa al-Afari and others who were in a meeting inside a mosque in the city of Tal Afar.
While the coalition confirmed it had conducted an air strike there in the last 24 hours, US officials said they had no information to corroborate claims Afari had been killed.
Meanwhile in Syria, ISIL has seized more territory in the central province of Homs amid intense clashes with government forces, Syrian activists say.
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