Three top IS militants killed: Pentagon

Three senior Islamic State military leaders and planners have been killed in coalition attacks in Iraq and Syria during the past two months, a Pentagon statement said on Friday.

Mustafa Gunes, an Islamic State operative from Turkey, was killed in an air strike in Mayadin, Syria, on April 27, the statement said.

Abu Asim al-Jazeri, an Islamic State planner from Algeria, was killed in Mayadin on May 11, it said.

Abu Khattab al-Rawi, an Islamic State military leader, was killed in al Qaim, Iraq, on May 18.

The statement said all three were foreign fighters but did not identify al-Rawi's home country.