Airstrike kills Islamic State leaders involved in Paris terror attacks

By David Brown

Published December 13, 2016 3:32pm ET

Airstrike kills Islamic State leaders involved in Paris terror attacks — A commemorative plaque is seen next to La Belle Equipe restaurant, in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. A Dec. 4 coalition airstrike in Syria killed three Islamic State leaders, including two facilitators of the Nov. 13, 2015, terrorist attacks in Paris, according to the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) | Christophe Ena

A Dec. 4 coalition airstrike in Syria killed three Islamic State leaders, including two facilitators of the Nov. 13, 2015, terrorist attacks in Paris, according to the Pentagon.

The airstrike in Raqqa killed Salah Gourmat and Sammy Djedou, who were involved in planning the Paris attack and were close associates of Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the group’s external operations leader who was killed in an August airstrike, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement on Tuesday.