Author Archives: Barbara Starr CNN Pentagon Correspondent

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. military and intelligence community is assessing whether a targeted U.S. airstrike killed a top ISIS leader, known as Omar “the Chechen,” several U.S. officials told CNN. The strike took place on Friday near the Syrian town of al-Shaddadi. Abu Omar al-Shishani, the ISIS leader targeted in the strike, has a […]