Drone strike kills top ISIS leader wanted for 2017 ambush of Green Berets
ABC News
France announced overnight that its military had killed an ISIS leader who was wanted by the U.S. for the deadly 2017 attack on a team of Green Berets in Niger.
French officials announced overnight that their military forces had killed the top ISIS leader in Africa, a terrorist for whom the United States had offered a $5 million reward due to his connection to the deadly attack on a team of Green Berets in Niger four years ago.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Twitter that Adnan Abou Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, was "neutralized by French forces."
"This is another major success in our fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel," Macron said of the region in northwest Africa.
The drone strike occurred in late August but al-Sahrawi's death was confirmed this month, French and U.S. counterterrorism officials told ABC News.
