A photo from the scene of the special operation to eliminate the leader of the terrorist group «Islamic State» * (banned in the Russian Federation) Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al Qureishi in northwestern SyriaMOSCOW, Feb. 11At least five children have been killed in an operation by the US military to eliminate the leader of the terrorist group «Islamic state»* Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qureishi in the north Western Syria, the Washington Post reported, citing video footage and eyewitnesses. Earlier, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that three civilians were killed during the operation to eliminate al-Qureishi. The leader of the IS *, according to the US military, died in the explosion, which he arranged himself. His wife and two children were killed with him, Kirby said. Neighbors of al-Qureishi told the newspaper that they counted at least nine children in the house where the IS leader lived*. The newspaper notes that the videos it received after the operation showed the remains of at least five children. A local journalist who arrived on the scene shortly after the US military operation told the newspaper that he found the bodies of three children inside the house and two more near it. Last week, US President Joe Biden said that during the US operation in northwestern Syria, one leader of ISIS* Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Kureishi.*A terrorist organization banned in Russia. , said the Russian ambassador
