Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he had managed to eliminate the leader of the terrorist organization ISIS, in a special operation that took place on Syrian territory.
This came during a live and joint TV interview broadcast by several local Turkish channels, on Sunday evening.
Erdogan indicated that Turkish intelligence had long tracked down the so-called Abu al-Hussein al-Qurashi, the leader of ISIS, and he was neutralized yesterday by an operation in Syria.
Syrian media sources said that ISIS leader Abu al-Hussein al-Qurashi was killed as a result of a joint security operation carried out by Turkish intelligence and members of the members of the opposition National Army in Jenderes, Afrin.
According to the sources, the aim of the operation was to arrest the leader of ISIS, Abu al-Hussein al-Qurashi, but the joint forces of Turkish intelligence and the opposition National Army, after besieging the leader of ISIS, blew himself up with an explosive belt.
Security operation targeting ISIS
It is noteworthy that the Turkish police arrested, on Friday, 14 people in a security operation targeting the terrorist organization “ISIS” in Istanbul.
Teams from the Anti-Terrorism Division carried out simultaneous raids at 12 addresses in Istanbul, the Anadolu news agency reported.
The operations resulted in the arrest of 14 people, who were transferred to the State Security Directorate.
SOURCE (translated from Arab)