IS commander Omar Shishani targeted in US strike in Syria

The US had offered a $5m (£3.5m) reward for Shishani, a Georgian national. The US military says it targeted a top commander of so-called Islamic State in an air strike in Syria last week.The strike took place on Friday near the north-eastern town of Shadaddi, where Shishani had reportedly been sent to bolster local IS forces.

An initial assessment suggested Tarkhan Batirashvili, also known as Omar Shishani, was likely killed along with 12 other militants, officials said.