US-led air strikes against ISIL in Iraq have killed several of the group’s senior leaders, but not the group’s top commander, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, US officials have said.

Since mid-November, coalition air strikes killed “multiple senior and mid-level leaders” within the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a statement on Thursday.

“We believe that the loss of these key leaders degrades ISIL’s ability to command and control current operations against Iraqi Security Forces, including Kurdish and other local forces in Iraq,” the statement added.

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