US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq, besides another unidentified member of the group, was killed in an operation involving the United States. Taking to his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said that the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed. He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters, he added.
“Today the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed. He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters. His miserable life was terminated, along with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government. PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!,” Trump posted on X.
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani also posted on X about the death of Abu Khadija and called him to be considered as one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world.
“We congratulate Iraq, the Iraqi people, and all peace-loving nations on this significant security achievement,” he further added.
A video of the strife that killed the ISIS leader was posted by the US Central Command on X. In the post, they stated that both fingers had been wearing unexploded “suicide vests” and they had identified Abu Khadija via a DNA match.
CENTCOM Forces Kill ISIS Chief of Global Operations Who Also Served as ISIS #2
On March 13, U.S. Central Command forces, in cooperation with Iraqi Intelligence and Security Forces, conducted a precision airstrike in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, that killed the Global ISIS #2 leader,… pic.twitter.com/rWeEoUY7Lw
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 15, 2025
Earlier in October, the Iraqi forces killed nine ISIS group commanders, including the so-called governor of Iraq for IS at the time, Jassim al-Mazrouei Abu Abdel Qader.
