The death of the Islamic State leader in a raid by U.S. special forces on his Syrian hideout was a devastating blow to the resurgent terrorist group, but his replacement is already waiting in the wings, experts said Thursday.
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The death of its second leader in just over two years has dealt another blow to Islamic State, the extremist jihadist group which once ruled large parts of Iraq and Syria. The United States said on Thursday that Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi died in a raid https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-led-coalition-operation-northern-syria-targeted-jihadists-2022-02-03 by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria when he detonated a bomb which killed him and several family members.
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