Pentagon: Coalition kills 2 foreign fighters in Iraq

The international coalition against the terrorist Daesh organization killed two "motivated" foreign fighters in Iraq, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve said Friday.

In a video-conference call from Baghdad, Army Colonel Steve Warren told Pentagon reporters that the two foreign fighters were killed on the same day in separate strikes in Iraq.

Abu Zubary al-Bosni was killed near Bajar; he was a Swedish national of Bosnian descent who was a trusted member of a cadre of foreign fighters, the colonel said.

Khalid Osman Timayare, Daesh's deputy emir of the Anwar al-Awlaki Brigade, was killed in a strike near Ar Rayhaniyah, the spokesman said. 

He was a Swedish-born foreign fighter with links to Western fighters, Warren said.

Both of these strikes deprive the terrorist organization of motivated foreign fighters who had displayed leadership aptitude, he said.

Source: MENA