Beirut, Lebanon: American forces killed a "senior" member of the jihadist Islamic State group Thursday (Friday in Manila) in a pre-dawn raid on northeastern Syria, the US military's Central Command said.

The operation is the latest US effort to clamp down on IS jihadists who have been territorially defeated but still orchestrate attacks in Syria and neighboring Iraq.

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