Visual guide to deadly US raid targeting Islamic State leader in Syria
by Martin Chulov and Paul Torpey from on (#5VRJS)
US says Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi killed himself when he detonated explosives in home in Atme
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi took over as leader of Islamic State in 2019 following the deaths in quick succession of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Baghdadi's nominated successor Abu Hassan al-Muhajjir.
The US operation to try to kill him had been in the planning stages since early December, when officials became convinced that he was living in a nondescript three-storey building on the outskirts of Atme in Syria's Idlib province, close to the Turkish border.
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