The president of the USA, Joe Biden, confirmed this Thursday that in the anti-terrorist operation launched in northwestern Syria last night, the Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.
“Last night, under my direction, US military forces in northwestern Syria successfully carried out a counter-terrorist operation (…) thanks to the skill and courage of our Armed Forces, we managed to remove Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi from the battlefield,” Biden announced in a statement.
Biden, who confirmed that all Americans who participated in the operation returned safely, justified this military action “to protect the american people” and its allies, and “make the world a safer place”.
The US president plans to speak this morning about this military operation, as reported in this statement.
The US government announced last morning that it had carried out this operation “successfully” in the province of Idlib, the last opposition stronghold in northwestern Syria.
“Special Operations forces under the control of US Central Command conducted a counter-terrorism mission tonight in northwestern Syria. The mission was a success”, announced the Pentagon spokesman, John Kirby, in a brief statement.
The so-called White Helmets, a group of rescuers operating in areas of Syria controlled by the opposition, raised the number of deaths in this US action to thirteen, including six minors.
He too The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed in a statement the death of 13 people, including five children and three women, while three other bodies were “torn apart” and have not yet been identified. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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