ISIL ‘emir’ killed in Turkish air strike in Syria: Sources

December 31 2016 16:38:17

ISIL ‘emir’ killed in Turkish air strike in Syria: Sources

ANKARA

One of the “emirs” of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was killed on Dec. 29 in an airstrike carried out by Turkish warplanes in Syria as a part of the ongoing Euphrates Shield operation, sources in the region have claimed.

The vehicle holding Ebu Husen Tunusi and bodyguards in his motorcade was reportedly hit during a Turkish air operation in al-Bab.

Tunusi had been chosen as an emir by ISIL and was transferred to al-Bab from the de-facto capital of the jihadist group, Raqqa.

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