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Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi

In this undated file photo, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy to Iraq, in Raqqa, Syria. (Militant website via AP, File)
March 10, 2022, 10:04 pm
Islamic State terror group names new leader, confirms death of predecessor
IS personnel ‘pledge allegiance’ to largely unknown Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi and acknowledge death of Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi for first time since US op that killed him
By Hashem Osseiran
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, right, meets with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, on August 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. (GPO)
February 6, 2022, 9:50 pm
In phone call, Bennett and Biden discuss ‘steps to block Iranian nuclear program’
Premier’s office says conversation also addresses US killing of Islamic State leader and Russia-Ukraine conflict; Biden likely to visit later this year
By Jacob Magid
A man walks through the house where Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed by US forces the night before, February 3, 2022. (Aaref Watad/AFP)
February 4, 2022, 10:35 am
50 US commandos encountered baby toys, suicide bomb during lethal raid on IS leader
American intelligence planned attack and tracked terror chief for months; notified others in the region ahead of strike; found a houseful of extremists and children
By GHAITH ALSAYED, Zeke Miller, Lolita C. Baldor and Calvin Woodward
ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi (US Justice Department)
February 4, 2022, 8:24 am
Thought he was a cab driver: Syrians shocked to find Islamic State head was neighbor
After US raid kills terror chief, one of world’s most wanted men, residents of his town say he lived modestly and pretended to be a taxi driver
By Abdelaziz Ketaz
This image from video provided by the Department of Defense and released on February 3, 2022 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. (US Department of Defense via AP)
February 3, 2022, 11:35 pm
Biden okayed riskier op to kill IS head in order to limit civilian harm
Women and children still killed in raid, when al-Qurayshi detonated a suicide vest
By Ellen Knickmeyer and CHRIS MEGERIAN
People check a destroyed house after an operation by the US military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria, on Thursday, February 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
February 3, 2022, 10:49 pm
US reportedly notified Israel ahead of raid that killed Islamic State leader
Bennett and Defense Minister Gantz hail killing of terror chief in Syria: ‘The world is now a safer place’
By TOI staff and Agencies
The second leader of Islamic State, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. (Courtesy)
February 3, 2022, 5:41 pm
Who was IS leader al-Qurayshi, killed during an overnight US raid in Syria?
Murky figure who never appeared publicly or in terror group’s videos took command after al-Baghdadi was killed in October 2019
By Bassem Mroue
Main photo: People inspect a destroyed house following an operation by the US military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed); Inset: The second leader of Islamic State, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi (Courtesy)
February 3, 2022, 4:45 pm
Biden: Islamic State’s global leader killed in overnight special forces op in Syria
US president says terror chief al-Qurayshi detonated bomb that killed himself, wife and kids ‘in act of cowardice,’ as special forces surrounded their Idlib province home
By Agencies and TOI staff
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