U.S. airstrikes kill 10 ISIS leaders, some with connections to Paris attacks

Ten ISIS leaders were killed in targeted airstrikes in the last month, according to U.S. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a spokesman for the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State. Several of the leaders were "external attack planners, some of whom are linked to the Paris attacks," Warren said. "Others had designs on further attacking the West."

Among those killed was Abdul Qader Hakim, who Reuters reports "facilitated Islamic State's external operations and had links to the Paris attack network." Also killed was Charaffe al Mouadan, a Syrian-based leader who was "actively planning attacks against the West" and had a direct contact to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the cell leader of November's terrorist attacks in Paris.

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