A suspected Islamic State senior leader has been killed in a Special Ops raid in Syria, US Secretary of Defence has said.
The mission - sanctioned by Barack Obama - was intended merely to capture Abu Sayyaf, who the US said helped direct "illict oil, gas and financial operations".
However, the suspected militant was killed when he engaged US personnel in combat, the White House said.
The US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has issued a statement on the Special Ops raid in Syria saying that Abu Sayyaf has been killed.
Carter said that Abu Sayyaf helped direct IS "illicit oil, gas, and financial operations as well". US forces captured his wife Umm Sayyaf who is being kept in military detention in Iraq.
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