[TheCruxofBag]

https://archive.ph/1D96F

When Syrian rebels attacked a hideout in mid-October in the southern Syrian village of Jassem, they had no idea that a militant commander who was killed in the operation was the leader of the Islamic State group.

Syrian opposition activists and state media apparently did not know that the man killed was IS leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi and identified him as Abu Abdul-Rahman al-Iraqi.

Amid the intensity of the fighting, an Iraqi IS commander, thought to be Abu Abdul-Rahman al-Iraqi, made his family escape from the house where he was staying and once they were out and he was totally surrounded, the Iraqi citizen detonated an explosive belt he was wearing, killing himself.

In a nearby house, rebels surrounded and blew up the hideout of two other IS militants, a Lebanese and a Syrian, killing both of them.

On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Islamic State, in an audio message posted on an affiliated Telegram channel, confirmed that al-Qurayshi was killed in fighting.

[WonderMomma]

I was wondering if this was going to make it's appearance here soon.

Thanks Crux!

[K53]

No glory for these fighters

[houseoftechno]

Originally Posted by K53 ↗

No glory for these fighters

al-Iraqi was not even a fighter. He blew himself up, rather than fight his enemy like a real soldier.