ISIS has named its new chief after confirming its former leader was killed following a raid by US troops.
In a new audio statement, the terror group confirmed the death of Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashemi Al-Quraishi and former spokesperson Abu Hamza al-Qurashi.
US President Joe Biden previously announced the news in a statement posted to the official POTUS Twitter account last month.
Today ISIS announced that Abu Al-Hassan Al-Hashemi Al-Quraishi would take over its leadership.
It is understood that al-Qurashi detonated an explosion that killed himself and everyone with him - including children - as troops raided his lair in Syria.
Mr Biden tweeted: “Last night at my direction, US military forces successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation.
“Thanks to the bravery of our Armed Forces, we have removed from the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi — the leader of ISIS.”
A US administration official told journalists this morning: "At the beginning of the operation the terrorist target exploded a bomb that killed him and members of his own family, including women and children."
Al-Quraishi, an Iraqi who was previously detained by the US, was named as the terror group's leader in 2019 after the killing of Islamic State founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
"While we are still assessing the results of this operation, this appears to be the same cowardly terrorist tactic we saw in the 2019 operation that eliminated al-Baghdadi," the official said.
The death of Quraishi, 45, was another crushing blow to IS two years after longtime leader al-Baghdadi died in a similar raid.
A senior US official told the New York Times that al-Qurayshi died at the beginning of the operation when he exploded a bomb that killed him and members of his own family, including women and children.
Biden planned to deliver remarks on the Syria operation later today, the White House said.
Syrian rescue workers said at least 13 people including six children and four women were killed by clashes and explosions that erupted after the raid began.
US forces were believed to be targeting a house in the Atmeh area, near the Turkish border.
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said last month that US Special Operations forces conducted a counter-terrorism mission this evening in northwest Syria.
"The mission was successful," he said.
"There were no US casualties. More information will be provided as it becomes available."
Residents said helicopters landed and heavy gunfire and explosions were heard during the raid, which began around midnight.
US forces used loud speakers to warn women and children to leave the area, they said.
