President Donald Trump hailed the death of ISIS chief Abdallah Maki Mosleh al Rifai on Friday.
Iraqi security forces, along with U.S.-led coalition forces, killed ISIS leader “Abu Khadija” in an airstrike.
“Today the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed,” Trump said in a Truth Social statement reacting to the news. “He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters. His miserable life was terminated, along with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government. PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!”
Khadija, who led one of the largest terrorist organizations in the world, was confirmed dead Friday after an airstrike Thursday, according to the Associated Press.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani called al Rifai, who rose to power in 2019, the “deputy caliph” of ISIS and “one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world” when announcing his death on Friday.
ISIS is a radical Islamic terrorist organization based in Iraq and Syria that rose to power over a decade ago. The group has carried out terrorist acts across the world, while other incidents in the United States, such as the New Year’s Day attack that killed 14 people in New Orleans, were inspired by ISIS.