ISIS leader dead after airstrikes by Egypt Military
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Egypt's military has killed the leader of the ISIS terror cell that claimed responsibility for the shooting down of a Russian passenger jet, killing 224 people.
Terror group leader Abu Duaa al-Ansari was killed in Sinai along with 45 of his top aides and other militants in a series of airstrikes, according to a military spokesman.
The airstrikes, launched near the town of Arish, also destroyed arms and ammunition stores used by the group.
The Sinai Branch, formerly known as Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, claimed responsibility for the shooting down of a Metrojet passenger plane in October 2015 that killed 224 people.
The Metrojet Airbus A321 was en route from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg in Russia when it was brought down, killing all 224 people on board.
