India, March 14 -- Iraq's Prime Minister announced that the leader of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, calling him as "one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world."

Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rufayi, also known as Abu Khadija was killed by Iraqi security forces, with the support of the US-led coalition, Iraq Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani informed on Friday.

Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rufayi "was considered one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world", Sudani said in a post on X.

The Islamic State ruled with a hardline Islamist approach over millions of people in Syria and Iraq for several years and is now attempting to make a comeback in the Middle East, the West, and Asia.

In 2014, f...