TRIPOLI: A United States (US) drone strike in Libya has killed senior jihadist leader Abou Iyadh on Friday.
Abu Iyadh was believed to be the mastermind of a series of terrorist plots inside and outside the North African country, including an attack on the U.S. Embasy in Tunisia.
Iyadh, also known as Seifallah Ben Hassine, had been based in Libya since 2013, where he served as a senior militant leader in Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, and organized training camps for extremist militants..
Libya’s Al-Wasat paper quoted a Washington official as saying that Iyadh was neutralized during a U.S. raid on June 14, along with some other al-Qaida linked leaders.
The source added that Iyadh’s killing was announced after his body was identified through a DNA analysis.
