ISIS chief blows himself up along with family during US raids

Amman/Washington: President Joe Biden said that leader of Islamic State blew himself along with family members up during a US military raid in Syria.

According to the information, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi, who led Islamic State since the death in 2019 of its founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, killed himself and family when he detonated explosives during a raid by US commandos.

“Last night at my direction, U.S. military forces successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation. Thanks to the bravery of our Armed Forces, we have removed from the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi — the leader of ISIS,” US President Joe Biden wrote on Twitter.