general david petraeus is with us along with the former mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings blake. hello and welcome. the leader of the islamic state group has been killed by us special forces in syria. abu ibrahim al hashimi al-qurayshi blew himself up, along with his wife and two children, as a two hour gun fight unfolded around a villa in the idlib province, close to the turkish border. al qurayshi was linked to a series of atrocities, including the rape and murder of the yazidi s in 2014. president biden, who praised the bravery of the team involved, said they opted for a night time raid instead of an air strike because al-qurayshi had always surrounded himself with civilians. he was responsible for the recent brutal attack on a prison in northeast syria, which was swiftly addressed by our brave partners in the syrian democratic forces. he was the driving force behind the genocide of the people in northwestern iraq in 2014. we remember the gut wrenching stories and
Hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching context on bbc news. us special forces have killed the leader of the islamic state group in a night time operation in north west syria. the commando s used fingerprints and dna analysis to confirm the identity of al qurayshi, his body was left at the site, another one, said joe biden we ve removed from the field of battle. last night s operation took a major terrorist leader off the battlefield. the white house says the kremlin were planning to broadcast fake images of the ukrainian army shooting russian sympathisers, as a pretext for an invasion. joe biden goes to new york to tackle an increase in violent crime, that has rattled democrat leaders in cities across the country. tonight with the context, the former head of central, and, the former director of the cia,
Hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching context on bbc news. us special forces have killed the leader of the islamic state group in a night time operation in north west syria. the commando s used fingerprints and dna analysis to confirm the identity of al qurayshi, his body was left at the site, another one, said joe biden we ve removed from the field of battle. last night s operation took a major terrorist leader off the battlefield. the white house says the kremlin were planning to broadcast fake images of the ukrainian army shooting russian sympathisers, as a pretext for an invasion. joe biden goes to new york to tackle an increase in violent crime, that has rattled democrat leaders in cities across the country. tonight with the context, the former head of central, and, the former director of the cia,