{"id":2012,"date":"2023-04-05T07:54:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/targetplatform.net\/en\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2023-04-05T07:54:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:54:06","slug":"high-ranking-isis-leader-killed-during-us-airstrike-close-to-the-turkish-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/targetplatform.net\/en\/?p=2012","title":{"rendered":"High-ranking ISIS leader killed during US airstrike close to the Turkish border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the region of North and East Syria continues to struggle with ongoing and sporadic terrorist attacks, perpetrated by ISIS militants and affiliates, a US-led airstrike just recently killed one of ISIS\u2019 most high-ranking leaders, who was known as the main planer of several attacks in Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On April 03, 2023, former ISIS senior leader \u201eKhalid Ahmad Al-Juburi\u201c was killed by a US-spearheaded drone strike in the Northern countryside of Idlib, according to an official statement, issued by the US Central Command. The statement further indicated that the killing of Al-Jubrui will severely hamper and thwart future ISIS attacks for a certain period, while it was also stressed that the US government will continue its fight against terrorism in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the US Central Command: \u201eISIS is still a threat to the region and beyond, and the latest air strike did not kill or injure civilians\u201c. This latest US airstrike again occurred within a series of continuous attacks in the past years against high-ranking ISIS leaders that were carried out in Northwestern Syria, which is currently under the control of Turkish-affiliated opposition factions and militant groups, most notably the Hayat Tahrir Ash-Sham\/Jabhat Al-Nusra (HTS).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This incident indeed again sparked the continuous debate on the overwhelming presence of ISIS leaders and members of terrorist groups near the Turkish border, considered to constitute a haven for many criminal fugitives and beginning with the killing of Abu Ibrahim Al-Quraishi in the city of Atma in Idlib\u2019s countryside and continuing with the assassinations of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in the Syrian town of Barisha as well as Maher Al-Aqaal, who was killed in a US drone strike attack, near the town of Jinderis in Northern Aleppo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; While the region of North and East Syria continues to struggle with ongoing and sporadic terrorist attacks, perpetrated by ISIS militants and affiliates, a US-led airstrike just recently killed one of ISIS\u2019 most high-ranking leaders, who was known as the main planer of several attacks in Europe. 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