Baghdad: The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ( ISIS) was killed in a joint operation carried out by Iraq and US, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said.
"The Iraqis continue their impressive victories over the forces of darkness and terrorism," Prime Minister said in a statement posted on X.
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US President Donald Trump on Saturday informed that the head of the Islamic State, along with another unidentified member of the ISIS, was killed in the US-led operation.
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"Today the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed. He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters," Trump said in a post on X on Friday night.
A security official said the operation was carried out by an airstrike in Anbar province, in western Iraq, CNN reported.
The slain terrorist has been identified as Abdullah Maki Musleh al-Rifai, also known as Abu Khadija.
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Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or “Abu Khadija,” was “deputy caliph” of the militant group and “one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world,” according to the statement from Iraq.
