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Iraq confirms top ISIS figure killed in Syria strike

Iraq confirms top ISIS figure killed in Syria strike

Shafaq News25-07-2025
Shafaq News – Baghdad/Aleppo
On Friday, Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) announced that a senior ISIS commander was killed in a US-led Global air assault in Syria's Aleppo province, based on intelligence provided by Iraqi security services.
According to the CTS, the target—previously the governor of Wilayat al-Furat and a member of ISIS's delegation committee—was considered a high-priority and highly active threat.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم (وَاللَّهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصْرِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِأُولِي الْأَبْصَارِ) صدق الله العلي العظيم =========بمعلومات استخبارية من جهاز مكافحة الإرهاب.... مقتل مايسمى والي (ولاية الخير والبركة) في عصابات داعش الإرهابية ٠٠٠٠٠٠٠٠ pic.twitter.com/UKWFqmCm3Y
— جهاز مكافحة الإرهاب (@iraqicts) July 25, 2025
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