The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. August 31, 2016 ISIS Says Its Spokesman Was Killed in U.S. Drone Strike ------------------------------------------------------- The self-proclaimed Islamic State says one of its leaders was killed in a U.S. drone strike in northern Syria. Abu Muhammad al-Adnani was reportedly ISIS's top spokesperson and media strategist. The Pentagon has confirmed the U.S. strike, but not whether al-Adnani was killed. .