BREAKING: Isis' top leader taken out by US marines during raid in Syria
The leader of Isis has been killed during a US raid in Syria.confirmed Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was taken out in a military operation
An image shared by the White House showed him sitting alongside his deputy, Kamala Harris, in the situation room. Al-Qurayshi was made leader of the terrorist organisation when previous head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was taken out in October 2019. The clandestine operation comes at a crucial time in the battle to crush the group, which has launched a series of attacks in recent weeks and months.
The Syrian Democratic Forces said more than 120 of their fighters and prison workers died in the effort to thwart the IS plot.
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