(SkyNews) British jihadist Sally Jones has been killed in a US drone strike in Syria, The Sun has reported.
The former punk rocker from Kent fled to Syria with her son in 2013 and became a leading recruitment officer for Islamic State.
According to The Sun, the Government was informed by CIA chiefs in June that US forces had killed Jones, 50, in a missile strike close to the Iraq/Syria border.
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However, it was kept secret on both sides of the Atlantic over fears her 12-year-old son Jojo may have also died in the blast.