Syria confirms man killed in October was ISIS chief

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A Syrian security source credited the army and local groups with the operation that led to the killing. Read more at straitstimes.com.

was the group’s overall leader, a Syrian security source was quoted as saying on Friday by state media.

IS on Wednesday said he died in battle and announced a replacement to head up its remaining sleeper cells. In mid-October, Damascus said it had launched a joint operation against IS with former rebels in the province.The security source told the agency that Hashimi “is the same person known as Abdel Rahman al-Iraqi”.

Daraa province was the cradle of Syria’s 2011 uprising but it returned to regime control in 2018 under a ceasefire deal backed by Russia, which supports the government. The rebels were allowed to keep light weapons.

 

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