An Islamic State (IS) group leader in Iraq and Syria was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service as well as coalition forces led by the United States, Iraqi Prime Minister said.
Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifa, also known as Abu Khadija, “was considered one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and in the world,” said Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani.
US President Donald Trump said: “He was tirelessly tracked down by our war intrepids.”
The US Central Command (Centcom) published on X which seemed to be a video of the strike, which said it was made Thursday in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar.
Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifa was the most high-end decision-making organization in IS and was responsible for operations, logistics and planning carried out by IS, said US central command.
He also directed a large part of the finance for the World Organization of the Group, added Centcom.
Publishing on his social platform Truth, President Trump said: “His miserable life was dismissed, with another member of the Islamic State, in coordination with the Iraqi government and the Kurdish regional government. Peace by force!”
Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifa was found dead the others is operational, said Centcom.
“The two terrorists wore unplodced” suicide vests “and had several weapons,” he added.
One hundredcom and the Iraqi forces were able to identify him by a DNA match from DNA collected during a previous raid where he “escaped little,” he added.
General Michael Erik Kurilla said: “Abu Khadijah was one of the most important than members of the IS IS world.
“We will continue to kill terrorists and dismantle their organizations who threaten our homeland and us, an ally and partner personnel in the region and beyond.”
Is formerly held 88,000 m² (34,000 m²) of territory extending from northeast Syria in northern Iraq and imposed its brutal rule on almost eight million people.
IRAQ said that the eastern defeat in December 2017 and the group was driven out of its last territory in 2019.
However, sleeping activists and cells continue to present themselves in various parts of the country and to make sporadic attacks against the army and the Iraq police.
