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Islamic State leader killed in Syria, US says

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Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi set off a blast killing himself and family members

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi set off a blast killing himself and his family as special forces closed in on his hideout

The leader of Islamic State has blown himself up in what US President Joe Biden called an "act of cowardice" during a raid by US special forces in Syria. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi detonated a bomb that killed himself and his family members, in the rebel-held province of Idlib. 

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