The leader of ISIS (also known as Islamic State or IS) has been killed in a US military operation in the northwestern Idlib province of Syria.
President Joe Biden confirmed "US military forces in northwest Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation" on Wednesday night, adding: "We have taken off the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi - the leader of ISIS."
A US official said the ISIS leader died by exploding a bomb that killed himself and members of his family (including women and children) as US forces approached.
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