IS chief killed in Syria by Turkish forces, says Erdogan

Mr Erdogan said the Turkish intelligence agency, MIT, had been following him “for a long time”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish forces have killed the leader of the Islamic State group during an operation in Syria (Ali Unal/AP)

Turkish forces have killed the leader of the Islamic State group during an operation in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.

He told TRT Turk television in an interview late on Sunday that the IS leader, codenamed Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi, was killed in a strike carried out on Saturday.