Trump says ISIS leader Baghdadi was killed in overnight US military operation
US President Donald Trump speaks about Syria in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, DC.President Donald Trump on Sunday morning announced that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead after the U.S. military launched a raid in Syria.The president said Baghdadi was killed in the operation when he exploded his suicide vest. Baghdadi died running into a dead end in a tunnel, "whimpering and crying and screaming all the way," Trump said.
Trump said that Baghdadi dragged three of his young children with him and ignited his suicide vest, killing himself and the three children. The leader of the so-called Islamic State was targeted near Barisha, Syria overnight, according to two U.S. officials. The mission included helicopters, jets and drones. U.S. forces fired from the air and then landed and gathered intelligence.There were no reports of U.S. casualties in the raid.
The military operation comes after Trump's controversial decision to draw down troops in Syria, clearing the way for a Turkish military operation against the Kurds, who fought alongside the U.S. to defeat the so-called Islamic State.Syrian Kurdish forces claimed on Sunday that they participated in the operation. Kurdish commander Mazloum Abdi tweeted: "Successful historical operation due to a joint intelligence work with the United States of America.
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