ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Killed in US Special Operation in Syria — Fox News
There is no official confirmation yet that the influential terrorist has been neutralized.
In a US special operation in the Syrian province of Idlib, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the international extremist terrorist organization Islamic State (IS or ISIS), was killed. Fox News reports.
On the evening of October 26, the outlet received this information from a military source, and shortly afterward an official from the administration of US President Donald Trump confirmed it. Trump himself wrote on his Twitter account that "something very big has happened".
The US military used 8 helicopters and 2 drones in the operation. The battle, in which al-Baghdadi is presumed to have been killed, lasted approximately 4 hours.
The authorities of Syria, Iraq and Iran confirm that they also received information about the death of the ISIS leader.
Previously, the US had announced a reward of $25 million for information on al-Baghdadi's whereabouts. Just a week ago, Trump approved a special operation during which Baghdadi was to be neutralized.
The leader of the Islamic State was hiding in the border Syrian towns, using ordinary clothing and a civilian passport, while his entourage did not carry mobile phones or electronic devices so they could not be tracked.
In early October, a group of people in Russia collected money for the Islamic State under the guise of charity. Before the FSB stopped their activities, they managed to collect 6 million rubles and transfer them to Syria.
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