During a special operation by the US military in Syria, the leader of ISIS (banned in the Russian Federation) Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qureyshi, his family members and several civilians were killed, US media reported, citing a statement by US authorities.
The fact of the death of al-Kureishi's wife and his children was confirmed by a representative of the American administration. At the same time, he made a reservation that they died through the fault of the head of the family, who allegedly caused an explosion.
The exact number of deaths is unknown. Meanwhile, the Pentagon released a picture of a three-story residential building in the northwest of the SAR, declared as the home of an ISIS leader. The photo consists of two parts - before and after the airstrike.
At the same time, the Americans destroyed their helicopter, which, as noted by the Pentagon, failed during the operation against al-Qureishi.
The American military department did not provide other evidence of the death of the ISIS leader.
The Pentagon on Thursday released images from the site of a special operation to eliminate the leader of the terrorist group "Islamic state" * (banned in Russia) Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Kureishi in northwestern Syria.
The photographs obtained by the journalists show a three-story residential building, in which, presumably, al-Kureishi was hiding. As a high-ranking US administration official told reporters earlier, at the time of the operation, the militant was on the third floor with his family members. In addition to them, there were civilians in the building who were not related to the terrorist's family.
The US administration acknowledged that children were killed during the operation to destroy al-Qureishi, but blamed the militants for what happened. The White House said that the leader of the IS * died in an explosion, which he arranged. Several people died with him, including his wife and children. Washington does not know what specific number of people they are talking about.
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