WASHINGTON, October 7. /TASS/. The U.S. military conducted an air strike in Syria on Thursday, killing two leaders of the Islamic State (a terrorist group banned in Russia - TASS) in the republic. This is according to a written statement by the US Central Command (CENTCOM), whose area of operational responsibility includes primarily the Middle East and North Africa.

"Today, at approximately 6:32 PM local time in Syria, U.S. forces conducted a successful airstrike in northern Syria, killing both Abu-Hashum al-Umawi, a deputy Wali of Syria, and another senior ISIS official associated with him," CENTCOM reported.