President Donald Trump of the United States announced the death of one of the leaders of the Islamic State in Iraq. Iraqi authorities also confirmed this information. What do you need to know? Killed leader: Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rufaji,

US forces working with Iraqi intelligence and security services killed a high-profile leader of the Islamic State in an airstrike in western Iraq, according to officials from the two countries.

The killing comes as the group has been reconstituting in Syria, carrying out more attacks than at any time since it lost control of its territory nearly six years ago.