The leader of the Islamic State has been killed in battle with Syrian rebels - the second IS leader to die this year
Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi is the second IS leader to be killed this year, at a time when the group is trying to mount a comeback, with several deadly attacks in Syria and Afghanistan.
"Isis remains a threat to the region," the US Central Command said. "CENTCOM and our partners remain focused on the enduring defeat of Isis."Members of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service cheer as they carry upside-down a black flag of the Islamic State group.Little had been known about al-Qurayshi, who took over the group's leadership following the death of his predecessor, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, in a US raid in February in north-west Syria.
The death marked a blow to the group that was defeated in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria two years later. The announcement by IS spokesman Abu Omar al-Muhajer came at a time when IS has been trying to carry out deadly attacks in parts of Syria and Iraq the extremists once declared a caliphate.
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