Joe Biden says US raid in Syria targeted leader of Daesh
February 3, 2022, 3:38 pm

Joe Biden says US raid in Syria targeted leader of Daesh

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The Arab News reported, according to Reuters, US President Joe Biden said a US special forces counter-terrorism raid in northwest Syria on Thursday targeted the leader of Daesh, adding he would address the operation in remarks later on Thursday.

Biden said in a statement: “Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces, we have taken off the battlefield Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurayshi — the leader of Daesh. All Americans have returned safely from the operation."

A senior US administration official told Reuters Al-Quraishi was killed in the raid.

The administration official said: “At the beginning of the operation the terrorist target exploded a bomb that killed him and members of his own family, including women and children."

After the killing of Daesh founder Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in October 2019, the group named as his successor Al-Quraishi, an Iraqi who was once held in US custody.

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The official said: “While we are still assessing the results of this operation, this appears to be the same cowardly terrorist tactic we saw in the 2019 operation that eliminated Al-Baghdadi."

The White House said that Biden planned to deliver remarks on the Syria operation at 9:30 a.m. ET/1430 GMT.

Source: arabnews

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Upon arriving to participate in the summit of the European Political Community, which includes around forty heads of state in Budapest, he said, "I look forward to sitting with the elected U.S. president and seeing how we will collectively ensure we meet challenges, including the threats from Russia and North Korea." He also noted that the strengthening of ties between Russia and North Korea poses a threat to the United States as well, according to reports from Agence France-Presse.

Before Trump's victory, Rutte expressed confidence that a united Washington would remain part of the defensive alliance, even if Trump became the 47th president of the United States. In an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF last Monday night, he stated that both Republicans and Democrats understand that NATO serves not only the security of Europe but also that of America. He added that both candidates are aware that the security of the United States is closely tied to NATO.

On Wednesday, NATO congratulated Trump on his victory but did not address the Ukrainian issue.

It is noteworthy that the relationship between the elected U.S. president and the defense alliance was not the best during his first term in the White House. Trump criticized NATO member states multiple times and even hinted at withdrawing from the alliance unless they increased their financial contributions.

Additionally, the issue of the Russian-Ukrainian war is one of the matters that complicate relations between the two sides, especially since Trump has repeatedly stated that he can end this ongoing conflict, which began in 2022, quickly. He implied that he had a peace plan between Kyiv and Moscow, while his vice president, JD Vance, revealed aspects of that plan, which stipulated Ukraine's commitment not to join NATO, thereby sending reassuring signals to the Russians.

Furthermore, many NATO member states in Europe fear that Trump might halt military aid to Ukraine after he previously criticized the U.S. for pouring funds into supporting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.