MOSSCOW (FNA) – The killing of a top figure in the ISIL terrorist group, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, was the result of an airstrike conducted by a Russian bomber, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that the airstrikes conducted by the country's bombers in Aleppo has killed around 40 members of the ISIL.
"Among the killed terrorists confirmed through multiple intelligence channels was Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, better known as official media spokesman of the ISIL international terrorist group," the ministry said in a statement.
Death of al-Adnani in Aleppo province was earlier confirmed by the ISIL as the ISIL-affiliated Amaq news agency disclosed that the group's spokesperson was killed in Syria, but it did not mention who was responsible for his killing or whether he was killed in an airstrike or in a ground attack.
Al-Adnani in a video in 2014 confirmed his allegiance to Leader of the ISIL Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He was appointed by al-Baghdadi as ISILI’s spokesman last year.