A U.S. airstrike in Syria killed an Islamic State leader who was a mentor to the gunmen who attacked the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris in 2015, U.S. military officials said Friday.
The strike that killed Boubaker el Hakim occurred on Nov. 26 in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital city of ISIS, the Associated Press reported. El Hakim may have had a role in the planning of ISIS attacks. – READ MORE
