ISIS militant uses a mobile to film his fellow militants taking part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa - Reuters
WASHINGTON – 3 December 2018: The US-led coalition against Daesh terrorist group said that it had killed a senior jihadist involved in the executions of an American aid worker and other Western hostages.
Abu al Umarayn was accused of involvement in the November 2014 beheading of Peter Kassig, a former US ranger who was doing volunteer humanitarian work when captured in 2013, The Telegraph reported on Monday.
"He was killed and more information will be available after a full assessment," Sean Ryan, spokesman for the US-led coalition, said in a statement issued after the strikes.
"Al Umarayn had given indications of posing an imminent threat to coalition forces and he was involved in the killing of American citizen and former US Army Ranger, Peter Kassig," he said.
The spokesman said the jihadist had also been involved in the execution of several other prisoners.
It is the first time the coalition, which has been hunting down Daesh fighters in Iraq and Syria since 2014, has announced the killing of a jihadist leader linked to Kassig's death.
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