BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition said its troops killed a top militant from the Islamic State group in central Syria early on Friday. The IS figure was described as in charge of planning attacks in Europe and the United States.

Iraq’s counterterrorism agency said it helped the coalition in locating the militant. He was identified as Omar Abdul-Qader, also known by his nom de guerre Abdul-Rahman al-Halabi.

U.S. Central Command said Abdul-Qader was an “operative who posed a direct threat to the U.S. homeland.”

Iraq’s counterterrorism agency said he was head of IS foreign operations. He was involved in the 2013 bombing of the Iranian Embassy in Beirut that killed more than 20 people, including the Iranian cultural attaché, it said.

‎“We will not relent in pursuing terrorists who seek

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