During a raid by US special forces in northwestern Syria, the main leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) group, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed this morning, President Joe Biden announced.
Apparently, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi detonated a bomb that killed him and members of his family, detailed The New York Times. The operation was carried out in Idlib province, in northwestern Syria, near the border with Turkey. At least 13 people died in the attack, including six minors and four women, the Syrian Civil Defense confirmed to France24.
The leader of the self-styled State Islamic was “eliminated on the battlefield,” the US president announced early. “Thanks to the skill and courage of our Armed Forces, we have removed from the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of ISIS,” Biden said in a statement. He added that all the Americans involved in the operation returned safe and sound and that he would provide more details to the country later today, reported Daily News.
Biden is scheduled to arrive in New York this morning, in a visit marked by the rise of armed violence in the city.
The Pentagon press secretary, John Kirby, said that ‘Special Operations forces under the control of the United States Central Command The United States carried out an anti-terrorist mission in northwestern Syria.”
For more than two hours, a US Army operation shook the Syrian town of Atmeh. Special forces under the direction of US Central Command landed in helicopters near an area littered with camps for people internally displaced by the civil war.
“The mission was successful (…) There were no US casualties. More information will be provided as it becomes available,” spokesman Kirby said in a brief statement.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that there were “confirmed reports of deaths.” , but did not provide numbers or identities, according to the agency EFE.
News in development.