US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that ISIS leader in Iraq and another unidentified terror group member was killed by US along with Iraqi and Kurdish forces.
“Today the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed. He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Further, sharing credit with Iraq and Kurdish forces, he added, “His miserable life was terminated, along with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government. PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!”
The operation was earlier confirmed by Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani who announced the death of terror leader Abdullah Maki Musleh al-Rifai, known as Abu Khadija.
Abu Khadija ranked amongst the most lethal terrorists operating in Iraq and across globe. He was known to have held a prominent position in ISIS’s command structure and had been previously considered a potential contender for the position of ISIS’s worldwide leader, the “caliph”, owing to his high-ranking status within the organisation. His elimination has dealt a substantial setback to ISIS’s activities in the area.