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July 10, 2023

Pentagon Claims Drone Strike Killed Islamic State Leader Osama al-Muhajer
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The Pentagon said Sunday a U.S. drone strike killed Islamic State leader
Osama al-Muhajer in eastern Syria. U.S. Central Command said in a
statement that no civilians were killed in the drone strike, but said it
was assessing reports of a civilian injury. The claims could not be
independently verified. CENTCOM said the U.S. strike was carried out by
the same MQ-9 drones that were harassed by Russian military aircraft in
separate incidents last week in Syrian airspace.


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