"The American and Israeli enemy is responsible for killing the mujahideen Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Qassem Soleimani," said Ahmed al-Assadi, a spokesman for Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces umbrella grouping of Iran-backed militias.
The Pentagon said yesterday that it had targeted the prominent ISIS leader in a precision strike near the town of Al Bab and was still assessing the results.