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The United States has announced that it has killed the head of the Islamic State this morning in a raid by special forces in northwestern Syria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“Thanks to the bravery of our armed forces, we have eliminated Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi,” said President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

They added that consequently Kurayshi had detonated a bomb that killed him and his family members.<\/p>\n

Syrian rescue groups said they had found the bodies of 13 people after the attack.<\/p>\n

Several U.S. helicopters landed on the outskirts of the opposition town of Atmeh, north of Idlib province near the border with Turkey.<\/p>\n

Local sources added that the soldiers had encountered resistance and were found under the fire of machine guns mounted on vehicles, writes the British network BBC.<\/p>\n

Gunfire and artillery fire were heard for about two hours before the helicopters left.<\/p>\n

The American daily New York Times<\/a> wrote that a helicopter had been abandoned at the scene after a technical problem, and had later been destroyed by an air strike by the US.<\/p>\n

Views of the ruins<\/a> are published online.<\/p>\n

President Biden said the Americans had suffered no losses in the operation.<\/p>\n

The AFP agency visited a two-storey house believed to have been the target of the attack and showed the bloody walls and rooms destroyed by the bullets.<\/p>\n

Local rescue teams said the bodies of 13 victims were found in the building, including six children and four women.<\/p>\n

A senior US official told Reuters: “At the beginning of the operation, the terrorist target detonated a bomb that hit him and his family members, including children and women.”<\/p>\n

Kurayshi’s predecessor, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had killed himself and his three children in October 2019 during a similar US special forces operation.<\/p>\n

Northwest Syria is a stronghold of Turkish-backed jihadists and rebels, who are fierce rivals of ISIS, according to the US.<\/p>\n

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The United States has announced that it has killed the head of the Islamic State this morning in a special forces raid.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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