Daesh ’Minister of Information’ Confirmed Killed
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Daesh [the Arabic acronym for the Takfiri "ISIS" / "ISIL" group] said Monday that a senior operative considered the terrorist group's information minister had been killed, confirming an earlier Pentagon report.
A Daesh statement on social media affirmed the "martyrdom" of Abu Mohammad al-Furqan, the nom de guerre of Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, saying he was an "emir" of the group's central media body.
The group, however, did not release any further details.
Last month the Pentagon said al-Fayad, also known as "Dr. Wa'il", was killed in a precision strike on September 7 near Raqa, the Syrian city that is the de facto capital of Daesh.
He oversaw the group's media production of videos showing torture and executions, said the Pentagon, describing him as "one of Daesh's most senior leaders" and a close associate of Abu Mohamed al-Adnani, the group's spokesman who was killed on August 30.
Since it announced a self-styled caliphate across Iraq and Syria in 2014, Daesh has become notorious for broadcasting its macabre tactics.
The group's online network has taken advantage of social media's instant publishing power to circulate footage of mass killings and beheadings.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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