Syrian Townfolk Shocked That ISIS Chief, Killed By US, Was A Neighbour

Atme: 

When US forces flew over the Syrian town of Atme, where the leader of the ISIS group was hiding, resident Mahmoud Shehadeh mistook the sound of helicopters for a storm.

What he saw as he stepped outside to check on the weather shocked him. Just half an hour into Thursday, several helicopters had surrounded a neighbouring house, their loudspeakers blaring messages to residents.

“We saw aircraft flying over our heads and after ten minutes we heard them shouting (to a woman): ‘turn yourself in, the house is surrounded’,” Mahmoud told AFP, shortly after the US-led operation during which ISIS chief Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi blew himself up.