Joe Biden announced the elimination of the leader of the IS * in Syria

In a statement The US President said the operation was carried out at his direction to "protect the American people and US allies, and make the world a safer place".

It is noted that during the operation, not a single American military was injured. The president's message does not specify civilian casualties, but Western media report this. Syrian rescuers said at least 13 people, including six children and four women, were killed in the clashes.

Western media report that this was the most serious operation of the US military in Idlib in recent years. The US military landed in helicopters near the border with Turkey. During the special operation, the terrorists offered them desperate resistance. The head of the terrorist group died as a result of the operation of explosives, which he himself activated.

Reuters, citing a high-ranking official from the presidential administration, reports that members of his family, including children, also died along with the leader of the terrorists. The interlocutor of the publication called this step "a cowardly terrorist tactic".

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi led the group after the death of its founder, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in 2019.

* - terrorist organization banned in Russia