Today, Thursday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi said that Iraqi security forces had killed Abu Yasser Al-Issawi, the leader of ISIS who calls himself "the deputy of the caliph and the governor of Iraq."

Al-Kazemi tweeted, "The people of Iraq ... if they promise to be fulfilled."

Last week, ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack in which two suicide bombers detonated themselves, killing at least 32, in a crowded marketplace in Baghdad.

The attack was the first suicide bombing in Iraq in 3 years.

Iraqi authorities said the attack may be a sign of the group's resurgence after its military defeat in 2017.

Security sources told AFP on Wednesday that the international coalition to combat ISIS led by Washington launched "5 air strikes, killing at least 10 jihadists in Wadi Al-Shay, south of the city of Kirkuk."

A senior Iraqi security source confirmed to the agency that Al-Issawi was "among the dead," and explained that the operation was carried out based on information from the Iraqi intelligence service and the coordination of Iraqi joint operations.

Intelligence sources revealed to the French Press Agency that the leader of the organization - whose full name is Jabbar Salman Saleh Ali Al-Issawi - hails from the town of Al-Karma, which is affiliated with the Fallujah district in Anbar Province, and held the position of the governor of northern Baghdad and Al-Baraka Province in Syria and the Emir of Omar Army.

ISIS controlled large areas of Iraq and imposed its rule there before Iraqi forces defeated it in 2017 with the support of the US air force.

It is noteworthy that the leader of the organization, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, was killed in 2019 by an American raid in Syria.