According to the release, Al-Isawi was known to have facilitated trans-regional travel with the emir of Daesh Middle East attack network, Abd al-Basit al-Iraqi, who was killed in an a coalition airstrike on November 2, 2016. Mahmud al-Isawi was also a long-standing Daesh member who supported the organization`s media and intelligence structure in Fallujah before relocating to Raqqa.
The Pentagon reaffirmed in the release its commitment to tracking and eliminating Daesh terrorists wherever they are hiding.
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