6/11/2023 0 Comments Download strike fighters 2 north![]() US officials said Qurashi died when he detonated a bomb to avoid capture.Īfter losing their last territory following a military onslaught backed by the US-led coalition in March 2019, the remnants of IS in Syria mostly retreated into desert hideouts. ![]() The July strike came five months after a nighttime US raid in the town of Atme, which led to the death of IS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi. In July, the Pentagon said it killed Syria’s top IS jihadist in a drone strike in the northern part of the country.Ĭentcom said he had been “one of the top five” IS leaders. The US leads a military coalition battling IS in Syria. The resident had identified the victim as Abu Hayel, a little-known displaced person from Hassakeh province. This frame grab from video shows Syrian workers of the Civil Council of Raqqa digging for human remains at the site of a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of civilians and Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, Syria, on July 14, 2019.
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