According to NBC News, 10 ISIL leaders have been killed by airstrikes in December. | AP Photo U.S. implies it killed Syrian militant linked to Paris attacks

A Syrian-based leader linked to the Paris attack leaders was killed on Dec. 24, the U.S. military announced on Tuesday.

Col. Steve Warren, a spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led military operation combating ISIL, said in a pair of tweets that Charaffe al Mouadan had ties to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the ringleader in the brutal slayings in November.


“BREAKING: Charaffe al Mouadan, Syrian-based leader with a direct link to Abaaoud, (Paris attack cell leader), was killed on Dec. 24,” Warren tweeted Tuesday. “Al Mouadan was actively planning attacks against the west. We will hunt ISIL leaders working to inspire attacks against US and our allies. As long as ISIL external attack planners are operating, the U.S. Military will hunt them and kill them." #DefeatingDaesh”

According to NBC News, 10 ISIL leaders have been killed by airstrikes in December.