The aerial section was killed by the head of the Islamic State leader, which was believed on Friday that he was the head of the group in Iraq and Syria, in the joint Iraqi and American operations using intelligence from both countries, Iraqi Minister Rime said.
The head of an American military official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters, confirmed the strike and stated that the special operational forces from both countries were in the province of Anbar in Iraq, gathering material from the strike.
The leader of the Islamic State, Abdallah Makki Michih al-Rufay’i, who was also known as Abu Khadija, was “one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world,” said Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.
Iraqi forces have done an aggressive anti -terrorist campaign over the last two years, disrupted, killed and detained a number of Islamic state cells operating in a country with support from the United States.
The killing of the leader of the Islamic State in the Middle East is coming because the group in Syria reconstructs and has been carrying out more attacks than ever since it lost control of its territory almost six years ago. According to the UN, there were more than 300 attacks in Syria in 2024.
Mr. al-Rufay’i was considered one of the leaders of the Islamic State in the region and was the most accordingly accordingly Recent message UN UN, including help coordination between fighters in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and elsewhere.
He is the third leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to be killed since 2019. In the past, the new leaders have been appointed relatively quickly, although their identity may not be known for some time.
Since 2019, when the Islamic State was defeated in Iraq and Syria, where it once checked almost a third of the geographical area of both countries, it has reconstructed and its organization has changed. While this has already expanded to new countries before losing its territory, The other branches were secondary to the center in Iraq and Syria.
Now with associated companies in more than a dozen countries on three continents have organization’s organization evolvedAccording to Aaron Zelin, manager of the Washington Institute, who has been studying the Islamic State for many years. Some activities such as the media are controlled in the central way, while others are left on its branches.
The deadliest attacks in 2024-in Russia and Iran-Byly were carried out by Islamic States, which were supposed to cooperate with the associated society known as IS-Korasan, based in Afghanistan, according to the UN.
Eric Schmitt The Washington contributed a report.
