Turkish forces have killed the leader of the Islamic State group during an operation in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures to supporters during an election campaign rally in Ankara, Sunday, April 30, 2023. Presidential elections in Turkey are scheduled to take place on May 14. Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures to supporters during an election campaign rally in Ankara, Sunday, April 30, 2023.
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish forces have killed the leader of the Islamic State group during an operation in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late Sunday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan told TRT Turk television in an interview that the IS leader, code-named Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi, was killed in a strike conducted on Saturday.“We will continue our struggle against terrorist organizations without discriminating against any of them,” Erdogan said in the interview.Turkey has conducted numerous operations against IS and Kurdish groups along the Syrian border, capturing or killing suspected militants.
Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi was named leader of the militant group after its previous chief was killed in October, with an IS spokesman calling him “one of the veteran warriors and one of the loyal sons of the Islamic State.” He took over leadership of IS at a time when the extremist group has lost control of the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria. However, he had been trying to rise again, with sleeper cells carrying out deadly attacks in both countries.
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