Exclusive-Turkish raid prompted ISIS leader to detonate suicide vest

View of the earthquake-damaged home where Turkish intelligence forces claim they had killed Islamic State leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi in Jindires, Syria May 1, 2023 in this still image from video. Reuters TV/TRT Haber via REUTERS

ANKARA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - ISIS leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi's six-month rule ended when he detonated a suicide vest during a Turkish special forces raid in northwest Syria on Saturday after refusing to surrender, a senior Turkish security official said.

The third ISIS leader to die by detonating an explosive vest during a raid since 2019, Qurashi leaves behind an organization that once ruled millions of people via its control of a third of Iraq and Syria but has now been forced underground.