An April 22 coalition airstrike in Syria killed a Daesh leader and his wife who was also active in recruiting foreign fighters in efforts to inspire attacks against Western interests, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said.

"We can now confirm that al-Sudani and his wife, Shadi Jabar Khalil Mohammad, also known as Umm Isa Amriki, an Australian national were both killed in this airstrike," he said.

"Al-Sudani was involved in planning attacks against the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Both al-Sudani and his wife were active in recruiting foreign fighters in efforts to inspire attacks against Western interests," he added.

"The death of al-Sudani and Shadi remove influential (Daesh) ISIL recruiters and extremists who actively sought to harm Western interests and further disrupts and degrades ISIL's ability to plot external attacks," he said.

Source: MENA