The Pentagon confirmed on Monday that ISIS spokesman and senior leader
Abu Muhammad al-Adnani was killed in an airstrike in Syria in late August.
The airstrike on Aug. 30 near Al Bab, Syria, targeted the terror group's
chief propagandist, recruiter and architect of external terrorist operations.
ISIS announced his death shortly after the airstrike through its news agency
Amaq.
"It is one in a series of successful strikes against ISIL leaders,
including those responsible for finances and military planning, that make it
harder for the group to operate," Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said
Monday in a statement.
The 39-year-old Adnani, born in Binnish in northern Syria, is described
as having hand-selected the gruesome execution videos ISIS routinely puts out, The New York Times reported.
He was also the subject of a $5 million State Department reward.
As the leader of the group's propaganda arm, Adnani was also the most
vocal ISIS leader in calling for so-called "lone wolf" attacks
against Western targets.
In a September 2014 speech Adnani encouraged Islamists to kill Europeans
by any means necessary.
"Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run
him over with your car," Adnani said.
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