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  • 7:17

    Report: Founder of IS news agency liquidated in Syria

    The founder of the Islamic State terror movement's Amak news agency, Rian Mashaal, was eliminated in an air attack led by the US-led coalition in northeastern Syria, according to a Facebook post by Mashaal's brother, cited by Reuters.

    The post says Mashaal's daughter was also killed in the attack in the city of Al-Miyadin, in the Deir Ez-Zor district. No official has confirmed the report.