White House welcomes news of Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi’s death
The Islamic State jihadist group said its leader has been killed in battle, the third head of the violent extremist faction to have met a violent death.
A spokesperson for the group said Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, an Iraqi, was killed “in combat with enemies of God”, without elaborating on the date of his death or the circumstances.
