ISIS leader in Syria killed in US attack | Abroad

The liquidation is another blow to the terrorist movement’s attempts to reorganize itself as a guerrilla group after losing its territory in Syria and Iraq. Maher al-Agal was killed while riding a motorcycle near Jindayris in northwestern Syria. One of his assistants was also hit.

In February, the supreme leader of Islamic State blew himself up during a US military strike in Syria. A month later, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Quraishi was appointed the new so-called Caliph. Little is known about him.

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