President Donald Trump said that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died in a raid by U.S. special forces. Baghdadi killed himself during the raid by detonating a suicide vest, Trump said in a televised address from the White House
WASHINGTON - Fugitive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died “whimpering and crying” in a raid by U.S. special forces in northwest Syria, President Donald Trump announced on Sunday, in a major blow to the jihadist group.
Turkey said it was proud to have helped “bring a notorious terrorist to justice” and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Trump on an “impressive achievement”. In the hours before Trump’s announcement, sources in the region had described the raid on a compound in the village of Barisha, in Idlib province bordering Turkey, in the early hours of Sunday.
Iraq’s military said later in a statement that its intelligence services had located Baghdadi’s whereabouts and had passed the information to the United States. Russia “treated us great” by opening up its airspace for the raid and Kurdish allies gave some helpful information, according to Trump.
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