Iraqi PM says Daesh leader for Iraq and Syria killed

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The leader of Daesh in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraq&s prime minister said on Friday, describing him as &one of the most dangerous
terrorists in Iraq and the world.Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rufay&i, also known as Abu Khadija,
had been killed by Iraqi security forces, with the support of the United States -led coalition fighting Daesh, Reuters reported.Former Daesh
leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a caliphate over a quarter of Iraq and Syria in 2014 before he was killed in a raid by United States
special forces in northwest Syria in 2019 as the group collapsed.The United States Central Command said last July that the group was been
attempting to &reconstitute following several years of decreased capability.The command based its assessment on Daesh claims of mounting 153
attacks in Iraq and Syria in the first half of 2024, a rate that would put the group &on pace to more than double the number of attacks&
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