Syria says US-led coalition killed senior IS leader in northwest

Syrian state media said a US-led anti-jihadist coalition killed an Iraqi leader from the Islamic State group during an operation on Wednesday in the country’s northwest.

“Coalition forces carried out an air drop targeting a house in the town of Atme” in Idlib province, state television cited an unidentified security source as saying.

The operation targeted Iraqi national Salah Numan, known as Ali, who was “a leader in the Daesh (IS) organisation”, the source said, calling him “one of the most…