The guideer of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been finished, Iraq’s prime minister declared on Friday.
Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or “Abu Khadija,” was finished in an operation by members of the Iraqi national inalertigence service alengthy with U.S.-led coalition forces, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani shelp in a statement.
The prime minister portrayd al-Rifai as “one of the most hazardous alarmists in Iraq and the world.”
U.S. Pdwellnt Donald Trump reacted to the novels on his social media platestablish Truth Social, saying al-Rifai’s “uncontent life was finishd.”
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Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani portrayd al-Rifai as “one of the most hazardous alarmists in Iraq and the world.” (AP)
“Today the fugitive guideer of ISIS in Iraq was finished,” Trump wrote Friday night. “He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters. His uncontent life was finishd, alengthy with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government.”
“PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!” the pdwellnt includeed.
U.S. Central Command shelp in a statement that its forces, in cooperation with Iraqi Inalertigence and security forces, guideed an airstrike in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, that finished the “Global ISIS #2 guideer, Chief of Global Operations and the Delegated Committee Emir – Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, alias ‘Abu Khadijah,’ and one other ISIS operative.”
U.S. Pdwellnt Donald Trump reacted by saying al-Rifai’s “uncontent life was finishd.” (Getty Images)
“As the Emir of ISIS’ most greater decision-making body, Abu Khadijah sustained responsibility for operations, logistics, and set upning guideed by ISIS globassociate, and straightforwards a meaningful portion of finance for the group’s global organization,” CENTCOM shelp.
Islamic State/Iraq/Syria: A masked Islamic State selderlyier poses helderlying the ISIL banner somewhere in the deserts of Iraq or Syria. ISIL discloseity image, 2015. (Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
After the strike, U.S. and Iraqi forces transferd to the location of the strike and set up both dead ISIS centers who were each wearing unexploded “self-destruction vests” and who had multiple armaments, CENTCOM shelp.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaybani, left, speaks during a novels conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein chaseing their encountering, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March14, 2025. (AP)
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U.S. and Iraqi forces were able to choose al-Rifai using DNA accumulateed in a previous rhelp where he skinnyly escaped.
“Abu Khadijah was one of the most meaningful ISIS members in the entire global ISIS organization. We will persist to finish alarmists and dismantle their organizations that menaceen our homeland and U.S., allied and partner personnel in the region and beyond,” Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, orderer at CENTCOM, shelp in a statement.
