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ISIS Second-in-Command Ayad al-Jumaili Killed in Airstrike: Iraqi Military

Saturday's statement says the strikes hit three ISIS targets in Baaj, a remote northwestern town near the Syrian border

The ISIS deputy believed to be second-in-command to elusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has purportedly been killed, an Iraqi military spokesman said Saturday.

Ayad al-Jumaili died in an airstrike conducted by the Iraqis that targeted a meeting of ISIS commanders in Al-Qa'im in the western Anbar province, said Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool of Iraq's Joint Operation Command. He cited military intelligence.

Rasool said ISIS' director of administrative affairs, Salem Mudafar Al-Ajmi, also known as Abu Khatab, was killed in the raid. No date was given for the operation.

Rasool also described Jumaili as ISIS' minister of war, but his ranking within the terror group is not officially known and ISIS has made no mention of him previously. He was also known as Abu Yayha, the Iraqis said.

U.S. military officials told NBC News they have not confirmed the Iraqi military's report.

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