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.

Iraq's Prime Minister and US President Donald Trump have applauded the death of Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rufayi, who was said to have been responsible for Islamic State's "foreign operations".

The US has killed the leader of ISIS in Iraq, Abu Khadija, in an operation involving the Iraqi government and the Kurdish Regional Government.