Iraq and the USA report killing of IS-leaders Abu Khadija | EUROtoday

The chief of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, “who is one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and worldwide”, was killed, as Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani introduced on Friday. The Reuters information company had beforehand reported.

Iraqi safety forces killed Abdullah Muslih al-Rufaji, often known as Abu Khadija, added to the US coalition that’s preventing towards the militant group, added Sudani.

Al-Rufaji, who was occupied by the United States in 2023, was the so-called governor of IS within the Syrian and Iraqi provinces, in response to the Iraqi Prime Minister. He was subsequently additionally chargeable for coordinating international missions.

US President Donald Trump mentioned that the “lifelong life” of the IS chief and one other jihadist had led to coordination with the Iraqi authorities and the Kurdish regional authorities.

The US Central Command revealed a video on X to indicate the air raid within the province of Al-Anbar. Accordingly, Al-Rufaji was the world’s quantity two within the IS militia.

IS had taken giant areas of Iraq and neighboring Syria in 2014, proclaimed a caliphate there and unfold concern and horror with its rule. In 2017, IS was defeated by Iraqi armed forces supported by a navy coalition listed by the USA. However, IS cells are nonetheless lively in Iraq and have occasional assaults on troopers and cops.

As a part of the worldwide coalition towards IS militia listed by the USA, 2500 US troopers are at the moment stationed in Iraq. At the tip of September, the governments in Baghdad and Washington agreed that the anti-IS coalition ended its use in Iraq inside a yr and in September 2026 additionally withdrawn from the autonomous Kurdish area in northern Iraq.