US forces working with Iraqi intelligence and security services killed a high-profile leader of the Islamic State in an airstrike in western Iraq, according to officials from the two countries.

Abu Khadijah was the second-in-command of ISIS’s global operations and in charge of the terror group’s finances.

U.S. forces with help from Iraqi intelligence and security killed the No. 2 global ISIS leader, "one of the most important" of the entire organization, per U.S. Central Command.The big picture: Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai,