Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has introduced that the chief of the so-called Islamic State has been killed, in accordance with stories.

Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi was "neutralised" in an operation carried out by Turkish forces in northern Syria, the Turkish authorities reportedly introduced late on Sunday evening.

The operation is known to have taken place earlier this weekend within the city of Jindires, which is positioned near Syria's border with Turkey, BNO News stories. 

Earlier stories had indicated {that a} senior Islamic State chief had blown himself up after discovering himself cornered.

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