WASHINGTON: A man US officials called the leader of Daesh in Syria was killed Tuesday in a drone strike, the Pentagon said. Maher Al-Agal was killed while riding a motorcycle near Jindires in northern Syria, and one of his top aides was “seriously injured,” Pentagon Central Command spokesman Lt. Col. Dave Eastburn told AFP. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed
President Joe Biden on Tuesday hailed the US military and the intelligence community for eliminating Maher al-Agal, top leader of Islamic State (ISIS), in a successful counter-terrorism operation in Syria and said that the airstrike has degraded the ability of ISIS to plan, resource, and conduct their operations in the region.