SANA, citing a security source, reported that Special Forces carried out an operation during which the terrorist leader of ISIS in the south, Abu Salem Al-Iraqi, was killed.

The operation resulted in the death of a security member and the injury of a civilian who had been kidnapped by the terrorist, as per the report.

Another army unit conducted a second special operation against a terrorist group of 25 different nationalities that attempted to infiltrate from Al-Nayrab region into Joubas village in Idlib's eastern countryside, according to SANA.

Abu Salem Al-Iraqi was killed after he blew himself up with an explosive belt when he was surrounded by the Special Forces.

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It is worth noting that the Syrian forces managed to withdraw a number of bodies, confiscated weapons, and dismantled explosive belts, which were in the possession of the terrorists, SANA reported.

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