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Closely planned US raid kills Islamic State leader – BBC News
The leader of the Islamic State is dead following a US raid in northern Syria that also killed a senior deputy of the terror group, US officials say. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi set off a blast killing himself and his family as special forces rounded on his hideout after a gunfight. US President Joe Biden disclosed the overnight raid on Thursday. Qurayshi’s death “removed a…