Syria denies that US has annhilated Daesh leader

Damascus, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) Local activists refuted on Monday what was announced by the US Army about the annihilation of the leader of the terrorist group Islamic State (Daesh in Arabic), in northern Syria.

July 10, 2023
13:20

The person killed was not a top leader and neither was he a foreign national as mentioned in a statement issued by the US Central Command of the Armed Forces Central Command (Centcom), said the sources, quoted by Al-Watan newspaper.

They noted that the individual killed in the US raid was Hammam Yasser Al-Khader, and not Abu Usama Al-Mujaher, as claimed by the Pentagon.

Centcom reported on Sunday that it carried out a drone strike on July 7 in eastern Syria, where a leader of the self-styled Islamic State, Usama Muhajir, was killed.

The command did not provide exact details on how US military forces confirmed the identity of the downed terrorist leader.

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