President Biden confirmed that a large-scale counterterrorism raid carried out by U.S. special operations forces in northwestern Syria had resulted in the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of the Islamic State
In a call with reporters organized by the National Security Council, two senior administration officials said the raid had “been months in planning,” describing it as an “incredibly complex” operation that “was not without significant risk.”
The first official did not provide a confirmed total number of casualties but said, “Some of the numbers that are reported out there do not align with our information.” The first official also said the barricaded lieutenant and his wife “may have had their children with them in that room,” and that those children may have died during the raid.
Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other U.S. officials “monitored the operation in real time” in the Situation Room, the first official said, with Biden “receiving real-time reports” from Austin, Milley and Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command.
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