US President Joe Biden speaks about the counterterrorism operation in Syria from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 3, 2022. - Biden said Thursday the death of the Islamic State leader in a US raid in Syria "removed a major terrorist threat." "The United States military forces successfully removed a major terrorist threat to the world, the global leader of ISIS," Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Biden said at a press conference on the overnight raid. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)