The founder of the Amaq news outlet of the Islamic State (ISIS/Da’esh) terrorist organization was allegedly killed this week in a U.S.-led coalition air strike.
“I’m pleased to announce the martyrdom of my older brother Bara’a Kadek, known as Rayan Mesha’al . . . in an air strike by the coalition,” wrote the terrorist’s brother in a post Wednesday on Facebook. The post went on to say that Mesha’al was killed together with his daughter at their home in the city of al-Mayadin.
The air strike took place in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zor, according to Reuters, but the news agency could not independently confirm the death, and there was no comment from the coalition force.
According to Rita Katz, director of the U.S.-based SITE jihad monitoring service, Mesha’al was indeed killed by the strike in Deir al-Zor. No further information has yet been made available.