IS leader Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashmi Al-Qurayshi killed during US raid in Syria

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The United States President Joe Biden declared on 3rd February 2022, that the the Islamic State (IS) leader- Abu Ibrahim al-Hashmi al-Qurayshi was killed during a US special force operation  at his  hideout  in the town of Atmeh, which is in the northern Idlib province of Syria close to the border with Turkey.

• Qurayshi blew himself up with the bomb when the US forces approached his compound which killed him and the members of his family.
•  An Iraqi, Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurayshi also known as "the Destroyer”, became the leader of the Islamic State in 2019 after the death of Abu Bakr al Baghadadi.