International coalition airstrikes have killed a high-ranking member of the Islamic State (IS) in the north of Iraq.

International coalition airstrikes have killed a high-ranking member of the Islamic State (IS) in the north of Iraq.

Local media reported on Wednesday that IS Health Minister Fallah Hasan Ali, known as Dr. Omer, was killed yesterday during a coalition airstrike on IS positions in Mosul.

Omer was responsible for reorganising health centres and hospitals in IS territories as thousands of physicians fled the brutality of the jihadist group.

Several IS prominent figures, including the oil minister and head of intelligence services in northern Iraq, had previously been targeted by US-led coalition airstrikes and through special combat operations.

The US-led coalition against IS revealed earlier this week that 17 airstrikes were carried out against IS in the north and west of Iraq on Monday 21st, killing several jihadists and destroying facilities.



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