US says its forces killed a senior Islamic State leader in Syria
- Khalid Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri was responsible for planning ISIS attacks in Europe and developed the leadership structure for the group, a US statement said
- ISIS has claimed a number of deadly attack in Europe in recent years, including a November 2015 attack in Paris and its suburbs that killed 130 people
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No civilians were killed or injured in this strike, CENTCOM said, adding that the group “continues to represent a threat to the region and beyond”.
“Though degraded, the group remains able to conduct operations within the region with a desire to strike beyond the Middle East,” the statement said. It added that al-Jabouri’s death would “temporarily disrupt the group’s ability to plot external attacks”.
The UN report said the threat posed by Islamic State and its affiliates to international peace and security was high in the second half of 2022 and had increased in and around conflict zones where it has a presence.
Late last year, Islamic State announced it had appointed a previously unknown figure- Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Quraishi – as its leader after the previous leader was killed in southern Syria.