France Says It Has Killed ISIS-GS Leader, a Former al-Qaeda Leader, in Africa

Two soldiers of the counter-terrorism Barkhane mission in Africa's Sahel region patrol aboard a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) to observe the construction of the new French base in Gossi, center Mali, on March 25, 2019. Daphne Benoit/AFP via Getty Images

The French military has killed a leader of the ISIS-affiliate group ISIS in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), French President Emmanuel Macron announced late on Sept. 15.

ISIS-GS leader Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi was “neutralized by French forces,” Macron wrote on Twitter, according to a translation.