2023-04-30 23:15:51
The “presumed leader” of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group was “neutralized” Saturday, April 29 in Syria during an operation led by the Turkish intelligence services, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.
“The alleged leader of Daesh, code name Abu Hussein Al-Qurachi, was neutralized in an operation carried out yesterday by MIT [les services secrets turcs] in Syria »said the Turkish head of state in a television interview.
ISIS, defeated in Iraq and Syria, announced on November 30, 2022 the death of its previous leader, Abu Al-Hassan Al-Hachimi Al-Qourachi, specifying that the Iraqi had been killed “by fighting against the enemies of God”.
Successive leaders of the jihadist organization all bear the name of Al-Qurachi, in order to refer to the tribe of the Prophet Muhammad, whose “caliph” self-proclaimed must be a descendant.
Intervention in the Afrin region
According to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) correspondent in northern Syria, Turkish intelligence services and Turkish-backed local military police cordoned off an area near the town of Jindires in the region of Syria on Saturday. ‘Afrin (north-west).
Residents interviewed by AFP said an operation had targeted an abandoned farmhouse that once served as an Islamic school.
US helicopter troops had targeted an IS leader in northern Syria in mid-April who was planning attacks in Europe and the Middle East and who ” probably “ been killed, the US military had announced.
Despite its territorial defeat, IS still carries out attacks in Syria.
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