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U.S. Special Forces in Syria kill Islamic State leader

U.S. officials called the operation a “significant blow” to the organization, which has been trying for a resurgence with attacks in the region, including an assault late last month to seize a prison in northeast Syria holding at least 3,000 IS detainees.

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Feb. 3, 2022

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This image from video provided by the Department of Defense and released today shows the compound before a raid where Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, leader of the Islamic State Group, died in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. A U.S. official says that the militant leader, one of the world's most wanted terrorists, exploded a bomb that killed himself and members of his family during the overnight raid by an elite U.S. military force.
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In this image provided by The White House, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and members of the President's national security team observe from the Situation Room at the White House in Washington, on Wednesday.
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People inspect a destroyed house following an operation by the U.S. military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria, today.
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People check a destroyed house after an operation by the U.S. military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria, today.
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A wreckage of an American helicopter is seen in Afrin region, Syria, today. After an overnight raid in northwest Syria. A U.S. official said one of the helicopters in the raid suffered a mechanical problem and was redirected to a site nearby, where it was destroyed.
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A wreckage of an American helicopter is seen in Afrin region , Syria, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. After an overnight raid in northwest Syria. A U.S. official said one of the helicopters in the raid suffered a mechanical problem and was redirected to a site nearby, where it was destroyed. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
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A wreckage of an American helicopter is seen in Afrin region, Syria, today.
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President Joe Biden speaks about a counterterrorism raid carried out by U.S. special forces that killed top Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in northwestern Syria today in Washington.
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Military devices are shown outside a destroyed house after an operation by the U.S. military in the Syrian village of Atmeh in Idlib province, Syria, today.
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Blood covers the floor of a destroyed house after an operation by the U.S. military in the Syrian village of Atmeh in Idlib province, Syria, today.
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A child shows an empty bullet shell outside a destroyed house after an operation by the U.S. military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria, today.
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A Syrian man rides his motorcycle along damaged shops after an operation by the U.S. military in the Syrian village of Atmeh in Idlib province, Syria, today.
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A damaged room and windows are seen inside a house after an operation by the U.S. military in the Syrian village of Atmeh in Idlib province, Syria, today.
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Blood covers the floor of a destroyed house after an operation by the U.S. military in the Syrian village of Atmeh in Idlib province, Syria, today.

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