The Pentagon says U.S. special operations forces in eastern Syria have killed a top ISIS commander. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter described the commander, known as Hajji Imam, as ISIS’s top financier, but released few details about his killing. The New York Times, citing an unnamed official, said U.S. forces were following the commander’s vehicle in helicopters, planning to capture him, but changed their plan for unknown reasons and killed him instead.
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