'IS slain leader who had links with Dutch and Belgian fighters Syria

- IS-chief Amr al-Absi, also known as Abu al-Athir, was slain in an air strike in Syria. Al-Athir was the leader of a terrorist movement in Aleppo, where fighting for many Dutch and Belgian fighters Syria in 2013 and 2014.

Reported that the Belgian Syrian scholar Pieter van Ostaeyen Thursday in a tweet. The American private organization SITE Intelligence Group reports that the IS leader was killed in a bombing raid by the international coalition led by the United States. Reported Sputnik France.

Reported that the Belgian Syrian scholar Pieter van Ostaeyen Thursday in a tweet. The American private organization SITE Intelligence Group reports that the IS leader was killed in a bombing raid by the international coalition led by the United States. Reported Sputnik France.

Abū Athīr was the overall leader of Majlis Shūrat al-Mujāhidīn (the group where most Belgian and Dutch fighters ended up in 2012 and 2013)

— Pieter Van Ostaeyen (@p_vanostaeyen) March 3, 2016