INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence
They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly.The announcement came on the same day as the first
during the visit.Hussein referred to an operations room formed by Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon at a recent meeting in Amman to
confront IS, and said it would soon begin work.The relationship between Iraq and Syria is somewhat fraught after the fall of former Syrian
Al-Sudani came to power with the support of a coalition of Iran-backed factions, and Tehran was a major backer of Assad
The current interim president of Syria, Ahmad al-Sharaa, was previously known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani and fought as an al-Qaida militant
peoples, but will also contribute to the stability of the region, making us less dependent on external powers and better able to determine
cells since taking power, some fear a breakdown in overall security that could allow the group to stage a resurgence.The U.S
and Iraq announced an agreement last year to wind down the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State
group by September 2025, with U.S
forces departing some bases where they have stationed troops during a two-decade-long military presence in the country.When the agreement
members of the Coordination Framework, a coalition of mainly Shiite, Iran-allied political parties that brought current Iraqi Prime Minister
Mohammad Shia al-Sudani to power in late 2022.Source: AP--Agencies
