Senior Islamic State Leader Killed in Joint Iraqi-U.S. Operation, Iraq Says

The killing comes as the group has been reconstituting in Syria, carrying out more attacks than at any time since it lost control of its territory nearly six years ago.Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, seen here at the Camp Taji military base in Iraq in January, called the Islamic State leader who was killed “one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world.”