Turkey Claims Killing ISIS Leader in Syria, US Unconfirmed.

The United States has not confirmed Turkey's claim that it killed the leader of the Islamic State in Syria, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that the militant leader had been under surveillance by Turkish intelligence for a long time. Turkey's state-run Anadolu News Agency reported on Monday that Qurashi was killed after a four-hour-long raid carried out at his hideout in the northern Syrian town of Jindires near Afrin countryside on April 29. The timing of the killing coincided with Erdogan's election campaign, with Turkey’s parliamentary and presidential polls merely two weeks away.