Russia's Ministry of Defense said Wednesday in a Facebook post that one of its airstrikes killed Islamic State spokesman Mohammad al-Adnani in the Syrian province of Aleppo on Tuesday. The strike also reportedly killed "up to" 40 ISIS militants, the ministry's statement on Facebook said.
ISIS announced al-Adnani's death Tuesday via its Amaq news outlet. The post said that al-Adnani, who was considered the terrorist group's second-in-command, had been killed in Aleppo while he was inspecting military operations. Aleppo has been the target of airstrikes led by Turkey, the U.S., and Russia, and it has been under attack by American-backed Syrian and Kurdish rebels.
ISIS has yet to comment on the exact cause of al-Adnani's death, though the group has promised it would "seek revenge."
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