Biden says IS leader killed during US raid in Syria

People inspect a destroyed house following an operation by the US military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria (Ghaith Alsayed/PA)

The leader of the so-called Islamic State group was killed during an overnight raid in Syria’s north-western Idlib province, President Joe Biden said.

The raid targeted Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, who took over as head of the militant group on October 31, 2019, just days after leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a US raid in the same area.