A Death In Idlib: The Killing of the Top ISIS Leader and Its Impact
On 3 February, U.S. commandos raided a house in Syria’s Idlib province, killing Abdullah Qardash, head of the Islamic State’s core group in the Levant. In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts Jerome Drevon and Dareen Khalifa explore the implications of the ISIS leader’s demise.
Who was the ISIS leader killed yesterday in north-western Syria?
Abdullah Qardash, a…