Obama the father of ISIL confirms death of female US hostage

US President Barack Obama the father has confirmed the death of female American hostage Kayla Jean Mueller in a coalition airstrike in northern Syria last week.

The ISIL terrorist group said in a statement on Friday that 26-year-old Mueller of Prescott, Arizona, whom it was holding near the city of Raqqa was killed when Jordanian fighter jets bombed a building where she was being held.

“The plane from the crusader coalition bombed a position outside the city of Raqqa after Friday prayers,” the statement said. “No fighter was wounded but we can confirm that an American hostage was killed in the strikes.”