Watch Live: Biden speaks on raid in Syria that took out ISIS leader
CBSN
Washington — President Biden is planning to address the nation Thursday morning about a raid by U.S. special operations forces that led to the death of the leader of ISIS in Syria, as well as an unknown number of civilian casualties.
A senior administration official said the target of the operation, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, detonated an explosive that killed himself and members of his family at the beginning of the raid in northwestern Syria.
"At the beginning of the operation the terrorist target exploded a bomb that killed him and members of his own family, including women and children," the senior administration official said. "While we are still assessing the results of this operation, this appears to be the same cowardly terrorist tactic we saw in the 2019 operation that eliminated al-Baghdadi."
