Turkey's Erdogan Announces Killing of ISIS Leader in Syria Raid
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Turkish President Erdogan announced that the leader of the Islamic State, code-named Abu al-Husayn al-Qurayshi, was killed during a Turkish intelligence operation on Saturday. This marks the third time in less than a year and a half that the extremist group has lost its top leader. Erdogan provided few details about the operation.
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