AMMAN, JORDAN: Islamic Point out (IS) militant chief Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Quraishi, who was killed in mid-Oct in Syria, blew himself up immediately after he and his aides ended up surrounded by community fighters in the town of Jasem, fighters concerned in the clash instructed Reuters.
The US military services said on Wednesday (Nov 30) he was killed in an operation carried out by the rebel Free Syrian Military (FSA) in northwestern Deraa province.
The province was introduced below the management of the Syrian army following Russian- brokered reconciliation agreements in 2018 that gave regulate of southern Syria back to Damascus.
Quraishi and his aides experienced been found out in a solution hideout in a residence, claimed the sources, who provided Syrian Totally free Army fighters, and family of comrades who died in clash, as nicely as residents of Jasem.
“The leader and a companion blew them selves up with suicide belts right after our fighters succeeded in storming their hideout,” reported Salem al Horani a resident of Jasem and previous fighter who participated in the siege of the 3 homes where the IS cell was found.