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ISIS confirmed the death of its leader Abu al-Hasan al-Hashmi al-Quraishi on Wednesday and confirmed his successor.
U.S. Central Command confirmed his death on Wednesday, saying the ISIS leader was killed in mid-October by the Free Syrian Army.
“The operation was carried out by the Free Syrian Army in Syria’s Daraa province,” it said in a statement, adding that “ISIS remains a threat to the region,” although it was “another blow” to the group.
ISIS media affiliate al-Furqan published an audio message by an ISIS spokesman announcing the death of its leader, who was appointed in March, but did not reveal who or where the group’s commander was killed.
“Abu al-Hasan al-Hashmi al-Quraishi…he was killed while fighting the enemy of God,” spokesman Abu Omar al-Muhajer said in a message released Wednesday. rice field.
ISIS has announced his successor, which will be Abu al-Hussein al-Husayni al-Quraishi. Little is known about him, but the group described him as an “old fighter” without elaborating further.
The deceased leader was appointed by ISIS after US President Joe Biden announced the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi in a military operation in northwestern Syria.
Abu al-Hasan’s predecessor, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi, died in February during a US counter-terrorist raid in northwestern Syria. As US troops approached his mansion, Kraishi blew himself up.
The raid was the largest US raid in the country since the 2019 operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and came amid the group’s resurgence in Syria and Iraq.
In January, more than 100 ISIS fighters attacked prisons in northeastern Syria in an attempt to free imprisoned members of militant groups. At least 200 prisoners and 30 of his security forces were killed in clashes following the thwarted escape.
