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A frame grab taken from footage released by Russia's Defence Ministry October 12, 2015, shows what Russia says is smoke rising after air strikes carried out by the Russian air force on an Islamic State training camp in Idlib province, Syria. AFP
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The Islamic State group vowed Tuesday it would defeat Russia after Moscow launched air strikes against the jihadists in Syria late last month.
"Russia will be defeated," IS spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani said in an audio recording posted on jihadist websites, calling on "Muslims everywhere to launch jihad against the Russians and the Americans."
Earlier the day, the group's spokesman confirmed on Tuesday the killing of the jihadist organisation's second in command in a US air strike earlier this year.
"America is rejoicing over the killing of Abu Mutaz al-Qurashi and considers this a great victory," Abu Mohamed al-Adnani said in an audio recording posted on jihadist websites.
The White House has said that Qurashi, also known as Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali and Haji Mutaz, was killed on August 18 in a US air strike on a vehicle near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
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