THE chief of ISIS has been killed in battle, the fear group has stated.
The extremists have revealed a brand new commander after Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi died preventing in Syria.
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Al-Quraishi had been chosen to steer the IS militants in March earlier than being killed in an operation carried out by the insurgent Free Syrian Military in mid-October, the US army stated.
No American troops had been concerned within the operation, the county’s army spokesman stated.
ISIS spokesman Abu Omar al-Muhajer confirmed the chief’s loss of life in an audio message on Wednesday.
He stated al-Quraishi was killed whereas “preventing enemies of God”, with out elaborating.
Al-Quraishi had been appointed in March after Joe Biden introduced the loss of life of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in Syria.
The US President stated the chief blew himself and his household up after utilizing his personal kids as human shields throughout a bloody raid by US particular forces.
He was put in cost after former head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in an analogous raid by US forces in 2019 within the close by city of Barisha.
The jihadis have introduced their newest chief as Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi.
ISIS’ spokesman didn’t a lot element on the brand new head, however stated he was a “veteran” jihadist and urged all teams loyal to the IS to pledge allegiance.
Hassan Hassan, writer of a ebook on Islamic State, stated the group has diminished.
He stated: “This does not imply the group is completed, however for now it’s a shadow of its former self, they’re hollowed out by way of their management and their skill to hold out assaults.
“They do not have iconic, charismatic leaders any extra, they usually have not carried out any main assaults lately.”
The White Home welcomed the information that al-Quraishi had been killed, Nationwide Safety Council spokesman John Kirby advised reporters.
Islamic State emerged from the chaos of the civil conflict in neighbouring Iraq and took over huge swathes of Iraq and Syria in 2014.
Former IS caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared an Islamic caliphate from a mosque within the northern Iraqi metropolis of Mosul that 12 months and proclaimed himself caliph of all Muslims.
Islamic State’s brutal rule, throughout which it killed and executed 1000’s of individuals within the title of its slim interpretation of Islam, got here to an finish in Mosul when Iraqi and worldwide forces defeated the group there in 2017.
Because the peak of its energy seven years in the past, when it dominated tens of millions of individuals within the Center East and frightened the world with lethal bombings and shootings, Islamic State has slipped again into the shadows.
Its remaining 1000’s of militants have in recent times principally hid out in distant hinterlands of fractured Iraq and Syria, although they’re nonetheless able to finishing up vital insurgent-style assaults.
