DAMASCUS, Aug 11 (NNN-SANA) – Abu Salem al-Iraqi, a senior Daesh leader in southern Syria, blew himself up, during a Syrian security operation in the southern province of Daraa, on Tuesday, it was reported yesterday.
A security source said, the Syrian security forces carried out a security operation, which led to al-Iraqi detonating his explosive belt, after being encircled by the Syrian forces, inside a house in the town of Adwan, in the western countryside of Daraa.
Al-Iraqi received several gunshots before detonating his explosive belt, said the report.
Opposition activists said, the explosion injured a civilian hostage taken by al-Iraqi, and a local militant, who was negotiating with him, while he was besieged.
Al-Iraqi, an Iraqi national, sneaked into Daraa, after the Daesh was defeated in the Yarmouk Camp area, south of Damascus.
