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Syria: ISIS leader killed in Daraa

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 10 Aug 2022 23:16
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Local Syrian media report the killing of the military commander of ISIS, called Abu Salem Al-Iraqi, during a special operation in the countryside of Daraa.

  • Syria: ISIS leader killed in Daraa
    Abu Salem Al-Iraqi, ISIS leader, was killed.

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.

Read more: 12 Syrian Army soldiers killed, 14 wounded in attack by armed groups

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.

Read more: US plans to incite extremists against Syrian, Russian, Iranian troops

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