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United States Air Force(NEW YORK) Three MQ-9 Reaper drones that the U.S. military said had been "harassed" by Russian fighter jets over Syria on Friday were the same drones that later carried out an airstrike that killed a top Islamic State group leader, U.S. Central Command announced Sunday.
Usamah al-Muhajir was killed on Friday, CENTCOM said.
A defense official told ABC News that he was killed while riding a motorcycle in northwestern Syria in an area where the U.S. has carried out other strikes against terrorist leaders who operate in an area under Syrian government control and where the Russian military also conducts flight operations in support of the Syrian regime.
News of the strike capped three straight days of tense encounters as the U.S. criticized Russian pilots for "unsafe and unprofessional" behavior with its drones flying over Syria.
"The strike on Friday was conducted by the same MQ-9s that had, earlier in the day, been harassed by Russian
WASHINGTON A U.S. drone strike killed an Islamic State group leader in Syria hours after the same MQ-9 Reaper drones were harassed by Russian military jets over the western part of the country, according to the Defense Department.
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