The United States military says that Daesh (ISIL)’s information minister, who oversaw the Takfiri group’s propaganda, has been killed in a US-led airstrike.
Wa’il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, also known as Dr. Wa’il, was killed in Syria’s Raqqah province, the Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement Friday.
“Wa’il oversaw ISIL’s production of terrorist propaganda videos showing torture and executions,” Cook said. “He was a close associate of Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the ISIL spokesman and leader for plotting and inspiring external terror attacks.”
The Pentagon had previously confirmed that Adnani was killed in a US airstrike in Syria on August 30.
“The removal of ISIL’s senior leaders degrades its ability to retain territory, and its ability to plan, finance and direct attacks inside and outside of the region,” Cook noted. “We will continue to work with our coalition partners to build momentum in the campaign to deal ISIL a…