ISIS leader in Iraq and Syria killed in military operation, the Pentagon says

The head of the Islamic state in Iraq and Syria was killed in Iraq in the Operation of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service together with the Coalition Forces that guided by the United States, the American Central Command and Iraqi prizes announced on Friday.

“Iraqi continues impressive victories over the forces of darkness and terrorism,” said Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in the statement published on X.

Abdallah Maki Mosleh Al-Rifai, or “Abu Khadija”, “Deputy Caliph” Militant Groups and is known as “one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world,” statement said.

On Friday night, President Trump wrote: “Today, a fugitive from Isis was killed in Iraq. He was ruthlessly hunted by our messy by our messages” in coordination with the Iraqi government and the Kurdish Regional Government.

“Peace through strength!” The trump card posted.

Centom reported At the scene of the social media, which was killed on Thursday in the Iraqi province in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar in the “precision airspace” in surgery and Iraqi intelligence and the center. The other ISIS operative was also killed on strike. An air video strike is also released.

After apparing, American and Iraqi forces moved to find both deceased terrorists who wore unexploded suicide vests and armed multiple weapons, he told Centac. Abu Khadijah was identified using the DNA testing that was collected during the previous RAID escaped.

“Abu Khadijah was one of the most important members of ISIS throughout the Global Organization of ISIS,” said General Michael Erik Kurilla, Commander Ages, in the statement. “We will continue to kill terrorists and dismantle their organizations that threaten our homeland and us, allied and partner staff in the region and beyond.”

The announcement came on the same day as the first visit of the top diplomat of Syria in Iraq, during which the two countries committed to working together to fight the Islamic state.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Husein said at a press conference that “there are common challenges faced with Syrian and Iraqi society, and especially terrorists.” He said that the officials were discussed “in detail on the ISIS movements, either in the Syrian-Iraqi border, within Syria or within Iraq” during the visit.

Hussein referred to the operating room formed by Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon at a recent meeting in Amman to oppose, and said he would start working soon.

The relationship between Iraq and Syria is a bit crowded after Autumn former Syrian President Bashara Assad. Al-Sudani came to power with the support of the security faction coalition, and Tehran was the main Backer Assad. The current temporary president of Syria, Ahmad Al-Sharaa, was previously known as Abu Mohammed Al-Golani and fought as a militant al-Qaide in Iraq after the American invasion in 2003. years, and later fought Assad Government in Syria.

But Syrian Interim Minister of Foreign Affairs Asaad Hassan Al-Shibani focused on historical connections between the two countries.

“Throughout history, Baghdad and Damascus were the capital of the Arabic and Islamic world, sharing knowledge, culture and economy,” he said.

Strengthening the partnership between the two countries “will benefit only our peoples, but will contribute to the stability of the region, making us less dependent on external forces and better determine our own destiny,” he said.

Operation and visits come at a time when Iraqi officials are concerned about the isolacic state stretch into Wake up to the fall of Assad in Syria.

While the new rulers of Syria – headed by an Islamist former rebel group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham – the Islamic state cells were persecuted, some afraid of a fault of overall safety This could enable a group to call re-process.

The USA and Iraq announced an agreement last year to cheering a military mission in the Iraq coalition in America, which fights the Islamic State Group until 2025. years, and the US forces were going on some grounds in the country.

When the agreement was reached to interrupt the coalition mission in Iraq, Iraqi political leaders said that the threat of the Islamic state state is under control and no longer needed Washington help.

But the Assad’s decline in December led to reconsider that attitude, the coalition of the Coordination Framework, the coalition mostly Shiit, Iranian political parties that brought the current Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani late in late 2022. Years.