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The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was killed, Iraq announced on Friday.
Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai or “Abu Khadija” was killed in an operation The Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement by members of the Iraqi National Secret Service together with the coalition forces led by the US.
The Prime Minister described Al-Rifai as “one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world”.
US President Donald Trump Response to the news in his social media platform Truth Social Social and said, Al-Rifais “Miserable Life was ended”.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani described Al-Frei as “one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world”. (AP)
“Today, the refugee leader of ISIS was killed in Iraq,” wrote Trump on Friday evening. “He was relentlessly hunted by our fearless throaters. His miserable life was ended together with another member of ISIS in coordination with the Iraqi government and the Kurdish regional government.”
“Peace through strength!” The president added.
In a statement, the US Central Command said in cooperation with Iraqi secret services and security forces in the province of Al Anbar carried out an air raid, which the “Global ISIS #-2 leader, the head of the global operations and the delegated committee Emir-Abdallah Muslih alias’ Abu Khadijah, and another ISIS operative.”
US President Donald Trump reacted on the justification of Al-Rifai’s “Miserable life was canceled”. (Getty Images)
“As the Emir of Isis’ highest decision -making committee of ISIS, Abu Khadijah took responsibility for operations, logistics and planning carried out by ISIS worldwide, and leads a significant part of the financing for the global organization of the group,” said Centcom.
Islamic State/Iraq/Syria: A masked Islamic state -soldier poses the ISIL banner somewhere in the deserts of Iraq or in Syria. Isil Publicity Image, 2015. (Pictures from History/Universal Images Group about Getty Images)
After the strike, we and Iraqi armed forces Draw yourself to the place of the strike and found both dead ISIS goals, which did not exploded “suicide vests” and had several weapons, said Centcom.
The Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaybani, left, speaks during a press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein after her meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 16, 2025. (AP)
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The US and Iraqi forces were able to identify Al-Frei with DNA, which were collected in an earlier robbery, in which he narrowly escaped.
“Abu Khadijah was one of the most important ISIS members in the entire global ISIS organization. We will continue to kill terrorists and reduce their organizations that threaten our homeland and US, allies and partners in the region and beyond,” said General Michael Erik Kurilla, Commander at Centcom.
