Syrian state TV: Assad forces kill 5 Islamic State leaders in eastern Syria

BEIRUT - The Syrian army has killed five Islamic State leaders in an attack in eastern Syria, Syrian state TV reported on Saturday.

A headline bar quoting the state TV correspondent in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor identified the five as Saudi, Turkish, Chechen, Jordanian and Iraqi.

The United States said on Saturday its US special forces had carried out a raid that killed a Tunisian identified as a leading Islamic State member in the same area of Syria