The Iraqi Prime Minister said that personnel of the country's national intelligence service, working with coalition forces commanded by the United States, had killed the head of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

BAGHDAD - The leader of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, “considered one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world”, has been killed, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on March 14.

The leader of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraq's prime minister said on Friday, describing him as "one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world."

The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday.