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Islamic State names new leader, confirming US raid killed predecessor

Audio message names Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi as new leader in first admission of former head’s death

The Guardian - AU

Death of a terrorist: On the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi

Geopolitical and sectarian faultlines in Iraq and Syria enhance the threat from the IS

The Hindu

Israel Claims it Helped US Eliminate ISIS Leader

Israeli media claimed that Tel Aviv played a role in the US operation to eliminate ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. Israeli Channel 13 quoted sources as saying that it is possible to assess, according to security sources, that Israel participated in the search for Qurayshi's intelligence and contributed, using…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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‘We are still shocked’: the Syrians who discovered Islamic State’s leader was their neighbour

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had been an unseen phantom in a safehouse in the town of Atme until his violent end on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Who was Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi? Islamic State leader killed in raid

The leader of the ISIS group has been killed during an overnight raid of north-western Syria by US special forces. Here’s what we know about Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi

Daily Mirror

‘Nobody left the house’: Atmeh locals in the dark about ISIL boss

Following US raid, landlord and neighbours say they were unaware of Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi’s presence in Syrian town.

Al Jazeera

Profile: Who was Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi?

Al-Qurayshi was a shadowy and brutal figure who led ISIL when under intense military pressure from US and allied forces.

Al Jazeera

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ABC News

Lethal US raid on IS encounters a doll, crib, bomb, bullets

When helicopters carrying some 50 U.S. commandos landed in Syria an hour after midnight, the raiders confronted a houseful of extremists and children

The Independent UK

Islamic State leader dead after US commandos raid house in Syria

NEW YORK: A risky predawn raid by US special operations forces that resulted in the death of the Islamic State group’s leader on Thursday was set in motion months ago with a tip that the top terrorist was hiding out on the top floor of a house in northwest Syria.

Bangkok Post

Leader of Islamic State dies in raid by US forces in Syria, Biden says

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the leader of Islamic State was killed during an overnight raid by U.S. forces in Syria that also left a number of civilians dead, declaring the operation a success that eliminated a “major terrorist threat to the world.”

Los Angeles Times

Biden says Islamic State leader al-Qurayshi killed in US raid in Syria

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said a “major terrorist threat” was eliminated during a U.S. raid in northwest Syria in which Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed.

Tribune News Service

Islamic State leader killed in US raid – where does this leave the terrorist group?

An overnight raid conducted by U.S. special forces in Syria has resulted in the death of the leader of the terrorist Islamic State group.

The Conversation

Slain Islamic State leader al-Qurayshi was a reclusive figure

KYIV, Ukraine — Islamic State’s leader, killed by American commandos Thursday, was a largely reclusive figure with almost no public presence, despite heading the world’s most notorious terror group.

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Al Jazeera

US officials share details of raid that killed ISIL leader

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi lived in a three-storey building above an ‘unwitting family’, US official says.

Reason

Biden Defends the Military's 'Preparation and Precision' in a Counterterrorism Operation That Killed Syrian Kids

Multiple children died in the raid, but so did the leader of ISIS—which makes the operation “successful” in the Pentagon’s book.

The Guardian - UK

Visual guide to deadly US raid targeting Islamic State leader in Syria

US says Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi killed himself when he detonated explosives in home in Atme

The Guardian - UK

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi: who was the Iraqi killed by US forces?

Before leading IS, Qurayshi played a key role in the Yazidi genocide and spent time in a US-run prison

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France 24

US raid targets IS group leader in Syria: Atmeh resident recounts helicopter attack

The early morning hours of February 3, American special forces carried out a helicopter attack in the northeastern Syrian town of Atmeh. Islamic State (IS) group leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died during the attack. At least 13 people died in the strikes, according to the Syrian Civil Defense, including…

The Guardian - US

Biden says US ‘removed major threat to the world’ in deadly raid on IS leader

Thirtereen people killed when Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi blew himself up as US special forces approached

Axios

Inside the raid that killed ISIS leader al-Qurayshi

About two dozen U.S. special forces carried out the aerial raid overnight.

The Times of India

New IS chief died as Baghdadi did, by blowing himself up: US

WASHINGTON: In a raid reminiscent of the strikes that killed Osama bin Laden and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, US Special Forces conducted a counter-terrorism mission in northwestern Syria killing Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, who had succeeded al-Baghdadi as the leader of ISIS.

The Independent UK

IS leader killed in US raid in Syria remains murky figure

The leader of the Islamic State group killed in a U.S. raid overnight in northwest Syria was largely a mystery, with almost no known photos, never appearing in public or in the group’s videos

Tribune News Service

Biden says Islamic State leader Qurayshi killed in US raid in Syria

Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed during a U.S. counterterrorism operation in northwestern Syria on Wednesday night, President Joe Biden said in a statement.

The Guardian - US

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