Top ISIS Operative, Involved In Islamabad Attack, Killed In U.S. Raid In Syria In Early April

The Pentagon said on Friday that U.S. special operations forces earlier this month killed an Islamic State militant linked to a deadly attack on a nightclub in Istanbul on New Year's Eve, reports UPI.

Abdurakhmon Uzbeki was killed in a ground operation on April 6 in Mayadin, Syria, said a spokesman for U.S. Central Command. The raid was carried out by a group of commandos from Joint Special Operations Command who target ISIS leaders and fighters, he said, as reported in the New...