Turkey released new details Monday about its successful operation against the Islamic State’s global chief, saying he died by setting off a suicide vest to avoid being detained.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Sunday the death of the “suspected leader of Daesh, codename Abu Hussein al-Qurashi”.
Turkey’s Anadolu state news agency gave his full name as Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, saying he joined IS in 2013 and quickly rose through the jihadist group’s ranks.
Turkish media also released images of a fenced-off building in the middle of a field where it said Qurashi was hiding in Syria’s Afrin province.
A section of the two-story house was sheared off, apparently from blasts.
The Islamic State announced the death of its previous leader, Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, on November 30.
Anadolu said Turkey’s MIT intelligence agency conducted a four-hour operation during which…
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