Turkish forces killed the leader of the Islamic State group during an operation in Syria over the weekend, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed.
Mr Erdogan said the IS leader, codenamed Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi, was killed in a strike that was carried out on Saturday after following him "for a long time".
"We will continue our struggle against terrorist organisations without discriminating against any of them," Mr Erdogan told TRT Turk Television. It follows a number of Turkish operations against Islamic State along the Syrian border, during which key militants have been captured or killed.Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi was named leader of the terrorist group after its previous leader was killed an October.Read More:
Senior Tory MP blames government backlog for small boats crisis and says he's 'not convinced' by new migrant billThe death is Islamic State's leader comes just months after the jihadist group said its leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi had died.The previous leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, set off a blast killing himself and his family in February 2022 as American forces surrounded him.
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