The US wants the pressure to be kept on ISIS, but every time Ankara has an election cycle or a need to distract from some issue at home, it will use drone strikes and threats of conflicts in Syria.
On November 30, 2022, ISIS’s Al-Furqan Media Foundation published an audiotape of the organization's spokesman, in which he announces the death of Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, the organization's leader, and the appointment of Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi as the new leader. In the spokesman's statement, no details were provided regarding the identity of the two leaders and the circumstances of the former leader's death. The United States Army Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that Al-Qurashi was killed in mid-October 2022 as part of a military operation conducted by the Free Syrian Army. Al-Qurashi's killing was a blow to the organization, which experienced a particularly difficult year during which it was forced to reduce the scope of its activities. In the ITIC's assessment, in the wake of the leader’s death, ISIS will strive to escalate its attacks but it is possible that due to its weakness, the intensity of the escalation will be
The Islamic State confirms death of its leader, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, in southern Syria. He is 3rd head of the group slain since October 2019
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The more NATO closes its eyes to Ankara’s anti-NATO and anti-Western behavior in order to keep Turkey on its team, the more it jeopardizes its security.