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The leader of the so-called Islamic State blew himself up after he and his aides were surrounded in Syria, a witness says.

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By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) -Islamic State (IS) militant leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Quraishi, who was killed in mid-October in Syria, blew himself up after he and his aides were surrounded by local fighters in the town of Jasem, fighters