TOPSHOT - Members of Syrian civil defence known as the White Helmets, evacaute a body from the house in which the leader of Islamic State (IS) group Amir Mohammed Said Abd al-Rahman al-Mawla , aka Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi died, during an overnight raid by US special forces, in the town of Atme in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, on February 3, 2022. - US President Joe Biden said today, a global "terrorist threat" was removed when the head of the Islamic State blew himself up after US special forces swooped on his Syrian hideout in an "incredibly challenging" nighttime helicopter raid. (Photo by Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP) (Photo by ABDULAZIZ KETAZ/AFP via Getty Images)
  • A U.S. military raid in northwestern Syria led to the death of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi.
  • As U.S. forces closed in, Quraishi triggered a suicide bomb, killing himself and his family.
  • Quraishi replaced ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after his death in 2019 under similar circumstances.
  • U.S. officials claim Quraishi was directly overseeing ISIS operations in Syria and that this raid was something the group won’t be able to get over easily.
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