The US has confirmed the death of the Islamic State’s senior leader in Libya, known as Abu Nabil, who was targeted in a November 13 US air strike.

Punch report: Nabil died in the strike carried out by F-15 aircraft on a compound in the city of Derna.
Pentagon spokesman, Capt. Jeff Davis also confirmed that a senior leader of the al Qaeda-affiliated group, al Shabaab was killed in a U.S. military air strike in Somalia carried out on December 2.

The Pentagon named him as Abdirahman Sandhere, also known as “Ukash,” and said the strike represented a significant blow to the group.