Breaking: Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Baghdadi was killed in a raid by U.S. special forces in Syria, President Trump announced.
Reports quickly began circulating that Baghdadi had been targeted in the raid and had died, but military officials could not confirm the death until they conducted DNA tests.
Under Baghdadi, the Islamic State in 2014 overran large parts of northern and western Iraq and eastern Syria, allowing Baghdadi to proclaim the reestablishment of an Islamic caliphate on the territory it had conquered. Syrian activists posted video on social media showing large explosions and the sound of small arms fire in the Barisha area. In one video, the roar of warplanes is punctuated by a series of massive blasts. Another video shows some of the results of the attack: A cameraman walks in the village, filming the burned husk of a car as well as charred corpses.
Turkey’s state news outlet Anadolu quoted military sources saying the operation was conducted in two phases over a four-hour period. At least seven bodies were found in the area, including a woman and three children. Five people who were wounded were taken for treatment.
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