Islamic State Leader Killed in Intelligence Operation, Turkey’s Erdogan Says

If chief’s killing is confirmed, he would be the extremist group’s third to die in less than 18 months

A member of the Turkish-backed military police stood guard Monday outside a house reportedly used by Abu al-Husayn al-Qurayshi north of Jindires, a town in northwestern Syria. Photo: bakr alkasem/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

ISTANBUL—President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Islamic State’s top leader died during a Turkish intelligence operation in what would make him the extremist group’s third chief to be killed in less than a year and a half.

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