IS ringleader slain by US drone

One of the most sought after French terrorists in Iraq near the city of Mosul slain by a US drone attack.

It's going to IS ringleader Rashid Kassim. The French jihadist is considered the mastermind behind several attacks in France, for which he recruited from IS-area terrorists. He is suspected of last year to have orchestrated the murder of a priest in the French Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray.

The 29 year old Kassim could possibly have played a role in the planning of a jihadist's wife commands to Paris in September to carry out an attack with gas cylinders.