The president of the USA, Joe Biden, confirmed this Thursday that in the anti-terrorist operation launched in northwestern Syria last night, the leader of the Islamic State (EI), Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.
“Last night, under my direction, the US military forces in northwest Syria successfully carried out a counter-terrorist operation (…) thanks to the skill and courage of our Armed Forces, we managed to remove Abu Ibrahim from the battlefield by -Hashimi al-Qurayshi,” Biden said in a statement.
Biden, who has confirmed that all the Americans who participated in the operation returned safely, has 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 had announced hours before that it had carried out “successfully” this operation in Idlib province, the last opposition stronghold in northwestern Syria.
“Special Operations forces under the control of US Central Command carried out a counterterrorism mission tonight in northwestern Syria. The mission was a success,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby announced in a terse statement. release.
The so-called White Helmets, a rescue group operating in opposition-controlled areas of Syria, raised thirteen, among them six minor, the number killed in this American action.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also 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.
Source: Lasexta
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