BBC Online :Targeted US-led coalition air strikes have killed 10 Islamic State commanders in Iraq and Syria in the past month, a US military spokesman has said.Some were linked to last month’s attacks in Paris while others were planning further attacks on the West, he added.The US-led coalition has been targeting IS in Iraq and Syria for over a year.Russia recently began its own air attacks against armed opponents of the Syrian government.”Over the past month we’ve killed 10 Isil [IS] leadership figures with targeted air strikes, including several external attack planners, some of whom are linked to the Paris attacks,” said US Army Colonel Steve Warren.”Others had designs on further attacking the West.”
