Islamic State leader killed in U.S. counterterrorism mission in Syria

The leader of the Islamic State was killed in a U.S. military counterterrorism operation in Syria, President Joe Biden said Thursday, possibly delivering another blow to the extremist group that lost its charismatic figure Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2019."Last night, operating on my orders, United States military forces successfully removed a major terrorist threat to the world -- the global leader of ISIS," Biden said at the White House, referring to Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.Al-Qurayshi had taken over from al-Baghdadi, who led the terrorist group also known as Islamic State of Iraq …READ FULL ARTICLE