IS head Baghdadi believed dead after US strike

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 07:25:59 +0000

ABU Bakr Al-Baghdadi (AFP)

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was believed to be dead after a US military raid in Syria’s Idlib region, US media reported yesterday.

Baghdadi may have killed himself with a suicide vest as US special operations forces descended, media said, citing multiple government sources.

He was the target of the secretly planned operation that was approved by President Donald Trump, officials said.

Long pursued by the US-led coalition against the Islamic State, Baghdadi has been erroneously reported dead several times in recent years.

Officials told ABC News that biometric work was underway to firm up the identification of those killed in the raid.

The White House announced Trump would make a “major statement” Sunday at 9 a.m. (9 p.m. last night, Manila time), without providing details.

Trump earlier tweeted, without
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