October 28, 2019 | 10:39am | Updated October 28, 2019 | 12:05pm
The spot where Abu Hassan al-Muhajir was reportedly killed in a raid in northern Syrian
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Vehicles near a destroyed truck at the spot where Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, the Islamic State (IS) group's spokesman, was reportedly killed in a raid in the northern Syria.
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Firefighters extinguish the flames of a burning truck near spot where Abu Hassan al-Muhajir was reportedly killed.
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Firefighters extinguish the flames of a burning truck near spot where Abu Hassan al-Muhajir was reportedly killed.
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The right-hand man to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a joint operation of US and Kurdish fighters in Syria hours after the Islamic State terror leader blew himself up during a raid conducted by US special forces, a Kurdish commander said.
Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, who also served as a spokesman for the terror group, was targeted near a village near Jarablus in northern Syria, said the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Gen. Mazloum Abdi, in a tweet.
President Trump on Sunday announced the death of al-Baghdadi following a raid on his compound in northern Syria, saying the jihadist leader blew himself up with a suicide vest while trying to escape US fighters.
The operation was conducted near midnight Saturday in Idlib province — an area that contains a stew of extremist organizations.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group based in Britain, said al-Muhajir was killed while traveling in a convoy that included a fuel tanker and a car.
A spokesman for the Kurds, Mustafa Bali, told the Associated Press they believe al-Muhajir was in the region to assist al-Baghdadi.
“More (IS figures) remain hiding in the area,” Bali said.