The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was killed, the Prime Minister of Iraq announced on Friday.
Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or “Abu Khadija”, was killed in an operation By members of the Iraqi national intelligence service together with coalition forces led by the US, the Iraq prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement.
The Prime Minister described Al-Rifai as “one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world.”
US President Donald Trump responded to the news to his social media platform Truth Social and said that “the miserable life of Al-Rifai was ended”.
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The Prime Minister of Iraq, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, described Al-Rifai as “one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world.” (AP)
“Today the fugitive leader of ISIS was killed in Iraq,” Trump wrote on Friday evening. “He was ruthlessly hunted by our fearless war fighters. His miserable life was terminated, together with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi government and the Kurdish regional government.”
“Peace through strength!” The president added.
US Central Command said in a statement that her armed forces, in collaboration with Iraqi intelligence and security forces, carried out an air raid in the province Al Anbar, Iraq, who “Global Isis #2 leader, head of Global Operations and the Delegated Committee Emir-ABDALLAH, Alias, and al-rifai, and al-rifai, and al-rifai, and al-rifai, and al-rifai, and al-rifai, and al-rifai and al-rifai, and Another ISIS operative. “
US President Donald Trump responded by saying that the “miserable life of Al-Rifai was ended. (Getty Images)
“If the EMIR of ISIS” most senior decision -making agency, Abu Khadijah held the responsibility for operations, logistics and planning carried out by ISIS worldwide, and sends a significant part of the financing of the worldwide organization of the group, “Centcom said.
Islamic State/Iraq/Syria: A masked soldier of the Islamic State poses with the Isil banner somewhere in the deserts of Iraq of Syria. Isil Publicity Image, 2015. (Images of History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Syrian Foreign Minister Asad Al-Shaybani, left, speaks during a press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein after their meeting, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday14 March 2025. (AP)
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The American and Iraqi troops were able to identify Al-Rifai with the help of DNA collected in an earlier raid where he barely escaped.
“Abu Khadijah was one of the most important ISIS members in the entire global ISIS organization. We will continue to kill terrorists and dismantle their organizations that threaten our home country and us, Allied and partner staff in the region and then,” said General Michael Erik Kurilla, commander said in a statement.
