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As the fight against ISIS keeps getting tougher each day, another prominent member of the group, Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, considered as number 2 of the group have been killed in a raid by the US forces.

                  

The operation of the raid was to catch him alive by the special operations forces, but at the last minutes, the whole plan was modified, and the car ripped apart by bullets instead. Confirming the news of the death is the Defence minister, Ash Carter at a news conference on Friday morning.

Speaking at the conference, Carter said;

We are systematically eliminating ISIL's cabinet,the second senior ISIL leader we've successfully targeted this month. We've taken out the leader who oversees the funding for ISIL's operations, hurting their ability to pay fighters and hire recruits.

Like Paris, Brussels is a strong reminder of why we need to hasten the defeat of ISIL wherever it exists in the world. Our enemies are one and the same,and together we continue to do more and more to bring the full weight of our vast military capabilities to bear in accelerating the defeat of ISIL.

 

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Three weeks after a suicide car bomber targeted a military personnel vehicle in Turkey, killing 29 people, a recent attack in the country's capital of Turkey, Ankara, has claimed the lives of 30 people, while 95 are injured and 19 of the injured victims are seriously injured. Two of the 19 victims are the suicide bombers, who perished.

                        

The car bomb exploded near a park at Kizilay, Ankara's main square, after a car slammed into a bus. Police immediately sealed off the area and pushed onlookers away from the scene, warning that there might be a second bomb around the vicinity of the first bomb.

Three weeks ago when the military vehicle was targeted, a Kurdish rebel group, known as the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, claimed responsibility for the attack, but no group is yet to claim the responsibilty for this attack, and all fingers point to the PKK for the recent attacks too.

                       

Ned Price, the White House National Security Council spokesperson said that the US government condemns the attack, adding;

This horrific act is only the most recent of many terrorist attacks perpetrated against the Turkish people. The United States stands together with Turkey, a NATO ally and valued partner, as we confront the scourge of terrorism.

Two days before the attack, the US Embassy warned of the imminent attack on Turkey government buildings and housing in Ankara and warned its citizens to avoid those areas.

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