The Turkish president reported the elimination of the ISIS leader in Syria

ISIL leader Abu al-Husayn al-Qurayshiy was killed by Turkish intelligence in Syria, Erdoğan said.
Turkish intelligence destroyed Abu al-Husayn al-Qurayshiy, the leader of the ISIS terrorist group in Syria. This was stated on Sunday, April 30, by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the air of the Turkish TV channel TRK.

He also wrote on his Twitter microblogging about the destruction of the ISIS leader. There, Erdoğan clarified that the operation took place on 29 April, but did not name the killed militant.

At the same time, Reuters reported relying on Syrian intelligence agencies that the raid was carried out in the city of Jandaris in northwestern Syria.

The former head of ISIS was Abu al-Hasan al-Hoshimiy al-Qurayshiy. The U.S. Department of Defense announced on November 30, 2022 that he had been killed. The Pentagon reported that the militant was killed in a practice organized in the south of the country by the Turkish-backed Free Syrian army (OSA).