President Biden Says ISIS Leader Killed In U.S. Military Raid
US President Joe Biden said Thursday that the leader of ISIS had been killed during a raid by American forces in northwest Syria.
A senior US official said Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had blown himself up during the operation on Wednesday evening.
It was the biggest raid in Syria since the one that killed previous ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2019.
In a statement, Biden said the military undertook the counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and US allies, as well as to make the world a safer place.