{"id":1267752,"date":"2022-02-03T04:40:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T09:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1267752"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:53:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:53:20","slug":"white-house-says-top-isis-leader-killed-in-u-s-raid-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-says-top-isis-leader-killed-in-u-s-raid-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Says Top ISIS Leader Killed In U.S. Raid In Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-says-top-isis-leader-killed-in-u-s-raid-in-syria%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1267752&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design-18-copy-4-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The White House released a statement on Thursday morning revealing a Wednesday raid killed the top leader of ISIS in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night at my direction, U.S. military forces in the northwest Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and our Allies, and make the world a safer place,\u201d President Joe Biden said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/02\/03\/statement-by-president-joe-biden-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces, we have taken off the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi\u2014the leader of ISIS. All Americans have returned safely from the operation. I will deliver remarks to the American people later this morning. May God protect our troops,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Mawla, as he was also known, assumed leadership of ISIS in 2019 after its previous leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was also killed during a U.S. raid in Syria authorized under then-President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-55 Component-p-0-2-46\">\u201cU.S. special forces landed in helicopters and assaulted a house in a rebel-held corner of Syria, clashing for two hours with gunmen, witnesses said. Residents described continuous gunfire and explosions that jolted the town of Atmeh near the Turkish border, an area dotted with camps for internally displaced people from Syria\u2019s civil war,\u201d the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-says-us-raid-syria-killed-islamic-state-group-leader-ca598136de014e008f746a35f6f721b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst responders reported that 13 people had been killed, including six children and four women,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>The White House Twitter account also revealed the information during a Thursday morning post that showed Biden briefing with leaders on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden, Vice President Harris and members of the President\u2019s national security team observe the counterterrorism operation responsible for removing from the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi \u2014 the leader of ISIS,\u201d the White House account wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Biden, Vice President Harris and members of the President\u2019s national security team observe the counterterrorism operation responsible for removing from the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi \u2014 the leader of ISIS. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uhK75WeUme\">pic.twitter.com\/uhK75WeUme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1489220744320012289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">A senior U.S. administration official also told Reuters al-Quraishi was killed in the raid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">\u201cAt the beginning of the operation the terrorist target exploded a bomb that killed him and members of his own family, including women and children,\u201d the administration official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/biden-says-us-raid-syria-targeted-leader-isis-2022-02-03\/?taid=61fbdeb570fd090001a7e623&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">\u201cWhile we are still assessing the results of this operation, this appears to be the same cowardly terrorist tactic we saw in the 2019 operation that eliminated al-Baghdadi,\u201d the official added.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">Aerial photos of the scene showed the second level of the home destroyed from an explosion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The leader of Islamic State was killed during a U.S. military operation in Syria, President Biden said <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jrl6LD0HcC\">https:\/\/t.co\/jrl6LD0HcC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WSJ\/status\/1489226536775467013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe special forces, in conjunction with other U.S. troops, raided a site in the Atmeh area in Syria\u2019s Idlib province for more than two hours, reportedly resulting in several deaths and the destruction of some structures, according to witness accounts filtered through social media. U.S. troops exchanged fire with enemy forces on the ground, according to those social-media reports,\u201d the Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-special-forces-raid-syrian-site-in-search-of-terrorist-leader-11643869402?mod=e2tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon released a brief statement earlier regarding the strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. Special Operations forces under the control of U.S. Central Command conducted a counterterrorism mission this evening in northwest Syria. The mission was successful. There were no U.S. casualties. More information will be provided as it becomes available,\u201d&nbsp;Pentagon press secretary&nbsp;<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">John Kirby<\/span>&nbsp;said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/2921368\/dod-statement-on-feb-2-2022-counterterrorism-operation-in-northwest-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House released a statement on Thursday morning revealing a Wednesday raid killed the top leader of ISIS in Syria.\u201cLast night at my direction, U.S. military forces in the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1267752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1267752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1267752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1267752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1267752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}