The Pentagon said an IS leader in Syria was destroyed in an air -to -air aircraft.

Lieutenant Colonel Dave Eastburn, spokesman for the US Military Center Command (Centcom), today said Maher al-Agal, a leader of the self-proclaimed Islamic State rebel (IS) was destroyed when

Maher al-Agal is one of the four leading leaders of IS, according to Centcom.

A MQ-9 Reaper drone manufactured by the US.

The destruction of Maher al-Agal will be a strong blow in IS efforts in recombinating forces after recent heavy failures.

The elimination of IS leaders will interrupt the ability to plan and attack of this terrorist organization, Colonel Joe Buccino, a spokesman for Centcom.

This is the latest attack in a series of recent air strikes targeting IS in Syria.

Maher al-Agal's motorbike was destroyed after air attack.

In February, Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, a leading leader of IS, was also destroyed in the US air strike in Syria.

IS has lost most of the land that has been controlled in Syria and Iraq, has not regained any motivation like the peak period in the middle of 2014, when the rebel group spread horrifying in the Middle East.

Since the last loss of stronghold in the desert in eastern Syria in March 2019, the IS was withdrawn into the desert, occasionally conducting ambushes against the Kurdish forces and the Syrian government.

The location of the town of Jindayris (red dots), northwestern Syria, where Maher al-Agal was destroyed.

The United States maintained a small number of soldiers in Syria to support the anti -IS campaign and protect oil mining facilities, which were controlled by the Kurdish forces.

The US -led coalition made a raid in Northern Syria this morning, capturing a senior IS bomb.

Biden announced that the leader of IS al-Quraishi was removed during the raid of the US forces in Syria, which was said to cause at least 13 deaths.