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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThis undated militant image provided by SITE Intel Group shows Abu Muhammed al-Adnani, the Islamic State militant group’s spokesman who ISIS say was “martyred” in northern Syria. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo Credit: SITE Intel Group via AP<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n A powerful orator, he went on to become the voice of IS. He released numerous audio files online in which he delivered fiery sermons urging followers to kill civilians in nations that supported the U.S.-led coalition against the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, he called for massive attacks during Ramadan \u2014 a call that translated into the bloodiest Muslim holy month in recent memory. Followers of IS carried out attacks on several continents, including the Orlando shooting, the Nice truck attack in France and a massive suicide bombing in downtown Baghdad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aleppo is a current focal point of the civil war in Syria, where IS, Syrian Kurdish forces, Turkey-backed rebels and President Bashar Assad’s forces are vying for control. The province is frequently struck by both U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and Russian air raids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Islamic State group has suffered a string of defeats in recent weeks, including in Aleppo province, where Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels drove IS out of the border town of Jarablus last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Iraq, the group has lost its strongholds in Fallujah and Ramadi, in the western Anbar province. It still controls Mosul, but Iraqi forces are gearing up for a long-awaited operation to retake the country’s second largest city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has also lost some of its most senior commanders and founding members over the past year, including its “minister of war” Omar al-Shishani, feared Iraqi militant Shaker Wuhayeb, also known as Abu Wahib, and a top finance official known by several names, including Abu Ali Al-Anbari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Islamic State group’s spokesman and chief strategist, who laid out the blueprint for the extremist group’s attacks against the West, has been killed while overseeing operations in northern Syria, the group announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":89474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[10,15,86],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2877],"class_list":["post-84401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flashpoints","category-news","category-pentagon-congress"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"KI3NDHEIWZACTFGZDJG2DFUTOU","arc_canonical_url":"\/2016\/08\/30\/russia-claims-killing-isis-syria-figure-group-not-confirming\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n