| 1 | 2 leader of the Islamic State militant group was killed in a U.S. military air strike in Iraq earlier this week. |
| 2 | National Security Council spokesman Ned Price says Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali was traveling in a vehicle near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul when he was killed Tuesday. |
| 3 | As the senior deputy to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, al-Hayali was the primary coordinator for moving large amounts of weapons, explosives, vehicles and people between Iraq and Syria. |
| 4 | Price characterized Al-Hayali's death as a blow to Islamic State operations because his influence spanned finance, media, operations and logistics for the group. |
| 5 | Also killed in the air strike was an Islamic State media operative known as Abu Abdullah. |