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Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of the Islamic State, was killed during a US operation in northwestern Syria on the night of Wednesday February 2 to Thursday February 3. He had led the group of jihadists for two years.
The rubble of the house testifies to a violent battle. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of Daesh for two years, was killed on the night of Wednesday February 2 to Thursday February 3 during an American military intervention. According to the American authorities, the leader of the Islamic State, cornered, would have set off a bomb killing with him members of his family including several women and children. The operation was followed live by US President Joe Biden and his Vice-President Kamala Harris from a White House crisis room.
After months of preparation in secret, the president had given Tuesday, February 1 the green light for the intervention. Some analysts believe that the Islamic State attack on a prison in Syria two weeks ago, where jihadist prisoners escaped, allowed American intelligence to finish tracing the trail. Al-Qurayshi should quickly be replaced by the Islamic organization, accustomed to seeing its leaders killed in battle.