A ageder Islamic State (IS) group guideer in Iraq and Syria has been ended in an operation by members of the Iraqi national inalertigence service aprolonged with US-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister has shelp.
Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifa, also understandn as Abu Khadija, “was considered one of the most hazardous alarmists in Iraq and the world”, according to Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.
US Pdwellnt Donald Trump shelp “he was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters”.
The US Central Command (Centcom) posted on X what materializeed to be a video of the strike, which it shelp was carried out in Iraq’s westrict Al Anbar province on Thursday.
Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifa was the head of IS’s most ageder decision-making body and was reliable for operations, logistics, and set upning directed by IS globassociate, the US Central Command shelp.
He also straightforwarded a big portion of finance for the group’s global organisation, Centcom compriseed.
Posting on his Truth Social platcreate, Pdwellnt Trump shelp: “His uncontent life was endd, aprolonged with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government. PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!”
Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifa was set up dead aprolongedside one other IS operative, Centcom shelp.
“Both alarmists were wearing unexploded ‘self-destruction vests’ and had multiple armaments,” it compriseed.
Centcom and Iraqi forces were able to determine him thraw a DNA align from DNA collected on a previous rhelp where he “leanly escaped”, it compriseed.
Gen Michael Erik Kurilla shelp: “Abu Khadijah was one of the most presentant IS members in the entire global IS organisation.
“We will persist to end alarmists and dismantle their organizations that menaceen our homeland and US, allied and partner personnel in the region and beyond.”
IS once held 88,000sq km (34,000sq miles) of territory stretching from north-eastrict Syria atraverse northern Iraq and imposed its brutal rule on almost eight million people.
Iraq declared the fall shorture of IS in December 2017 and the group was driven from its last piece of territory in 2019.
However militants and sleeper cells persist to have a presence in various parts of the country and carry out sporadic attacks agetst Iraq’s army and police.
