The Pentagon said an ISIS leader in Syria was killed in a US drone strike.

The raid killed Maher al-Akal, the leader of ISIS in Syria and one of the top four leaders of ISIS overall, according to US Central Command.

Pentagon Central Command spokesman Colonel Dave Eastbourne told AFP that “Maher al-Akal was killed while riding a motorcycle near Jindires in Syria, and one of his top aides was seriously injured.”

And on Thursday, February 3 this year, US President Joe Biden in his statement noted that “the US military conducted a successful operation to combat terrorism in northwestern Syria, which led to the elimination of the leader of ISIS. organization of Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi”. And US intelligence reported that al-Qurashi took over the organization after the assassination of its former leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in October 2019.