Erdogan confirms intelligence agency killed ISIS leader

By Jenny Goldsberry

Published May 1, 2023 1:11pm ET

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Erdogan confirms intelligence agency killed ISIS leader — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed Sunday that the country’s intelligence agency killed an ISIS leader. “The National Intelligence Organization (MIT) had been following the so-called leader of Daesh, code-named Abu Hussein al Qurayshi, for a long time,” Erdogan said during an interview Sunday on Turkish broadcaster TRT Turk as translated by the country’s state-run […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed Sunday that the country’s intelligence agency killed an ISIS leader.

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