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Erdogan announces death of Islamic State leader

  • April 30, 2023
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the Turkish intelligence services eliminated the leader of the Islamic State terrorist group. Abu al-Husayn al-Qurayshiduring the operation carried out on

Erdogan announces death of Islamic State leader

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the Turkish intelligence services eliminated the leader of the Islamic State terrorist group. Abu al-Husayn al-Qurayshiduring the operation carried out on Saturday in Syrian territory.

“The National Intelligence Organization (MIT) has been following Islamic State leader Abu al-Hussein al-Qurayshi for a long time. This person was eliminated yesterday in Syria during the operation of the Turkish special services,” Erdogan explained in statements collected by Turkish television TRT.

The Turkish President stressed that Turkey will continue to work to counter terrorist organizations “without distinction between them”, referring to the Kurdish militias of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and related organizations present in countries such as Syria.

On November 30, the United States announced the death of Abu al-Hussein al-Qurayshi’s predecessor, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, in Syria during an operation by the Free Syrian Army, a pro-Turkish Syrian militia. This first al-Quraishi was the brother of the group’s historic leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who died in Syria in 2019.

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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