Iraqi PM says Islamic State leader for Iraq and Syria killed


  • World
  • Friday, 14 Mar 2025

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The leader of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, "considered one of the most dangerous terrorist in Iraq and the world", has been killed, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Friday.

Iraqi security forces, together with U.S.-led coalition fighting the militant group, killed Abdullah Maki Musleh al-Rifai, known as Abu Khadija, Sudani added.

(Reporting by Nayera Abdallah in Dubai and Muayad Hameed Suadi in Baghdad; Editing by Alison Williams)

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