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IS militant who planned attacks in Europe and US killed

2025-09-19 22:35:01, Kosova & Bota CNA

IS militant who planned attacks in Europe and US killed

The US-led coalition said its troops killed a leading militant of the extremist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria on September 19.

This IS member was described as responsible for planning attacks in Europe and the US.

Iraq's counterterrorism agency said it had helped the coalition locate the militant. He was identified as Omar Abdul-Qader, also known by his nom de guerre Abdul-Rahman al-Halabi.

The US military's Central Command said Abdul-Qader was "an operative who posed a direct threat to the United States."

Iraq's counterterrorism agency said he was the head of IS's foreign operations. He was involved in the 2013 bombing of the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, which killed more than 20 people. Iran's cultural attaché was also killed in the attack, the agency said.

"We will not stop in pursuing terrorists who intend to attack the United States, our forces, or our allies and partners abroad," said the commander of US Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said Abdul-Qader was killed during an operation carried out by the US-led coalition in the Syrian province of Hama. None of the attacks he had planned were carried out.

The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdurrahman, said Abdel-Qader, a Syrian national, was arrested in Lebanon and then handed over to Damascus authorities when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was in power. After Assad was ousted from power in December last year, Abdel-Qader escaped from prison and has been on the run ever since.

IS once controlled large parts of Syria and Iraq, where the extremists declared a caliphate in 2014. The group was known for brutal acts in those two countries, but also for planning deadly attacks across the Middle East and the rest of the world.

The extremists were defeated in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria two years later, but the group still has cells that continue to be active./ REL





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