IS Head Baghdadi Believed Dead After US Strike In Syria
October 27, 2019
7:41 am
Jihadist supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the world’s most wanted man, was believed Sunday to have been killed in a US special operation in northwest Syria.
The elusive chief of the Islamic State group was thought to be dead after a US military raid in the Idlib region, US media reported early Sunday.
The White House announced President Donald Trump would make a “major statement” Sunday at 9:00 am (1300 GMT), without providing details.
A war monitor said US helicopters dropped forces in an area of Idlib where “groups linked to the Islamic State group” were present.
The helicopters targeted …
