Syrian regime takes credit for killing IS leader in October

Posted 2022-12-02, The New Arab Headlines photo

Photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko

The Syrian regime army has taken credit for killing the head of the Islamic State (IS) group in an operation in the country's south in October, state media reported on Friday. These claims could not be verified however. Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Quraishi was killed in an operation carried... read full story

"local and civil groups"

Photo: In this photo taken on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, A huge portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad is set in Old Market district, Aleppo, Syria. More than eight years of fighting has left many sections of Aleppo destroyed, and now authorities are pleading for international organisations to help fund restoration of the ancient city.

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