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The Britain-based Observatory, which operates through a network of activists on the ground, documented the death of nine people as a result of the coalition helicopter attack. It said the helicopters targeted IS positions with heavy strikes for about 120 minutes, during which jihadists fired at the aircraft with heavy weapons. IS operatives were believed to be hiding in the area, it said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Syria war monitor, reported an attack carried out by a squadron of eight helicopters accompanied by a warplane belonging to the international coalition on positions of the Hurras al-Deen, an al-Qaeda-linked group, in the Barisha area north of Idlib city, after midnight on Saturday. The recent pullback of US troops he ordered from northeastern Syria raised a storm of bipartisan criticism in Washington that the militant group could regain strength after it had lost vast stretches of territory it had once controlled. The killing of al-Baghdadi marks a significant foreign policy success for Mr Trump, coming at one of the lowest points in his presidency as he is mired in impeachment proceedings and facing widespread Republican condemnation for his Syria policy. He added that other IS leaders were killed in the attack.Ību Bakr al-Baghdadi grew to fame as the leader of ISIS, and inspired horrific acts - beheadings, throwing gay men off buildings and burning people in cages.įor three years there was a reward of US$25 million for his arrest - and his death has been falsely reported multiple times. Al-Baghdadi and his wife detonated explosive vests they were wearing during the US commando operation, according to the official, who was not authorised to publicly discuss the sensitive information and spoke on condition of anonymity. President Donald Trump said al-Baghdadi died after running into a dead-end tunnel and igniting an explosive vest, killing himself and three of his young children.Ī senior Iraqi security official told The Associated Press that Iraqi intelligence played a part in the operation. RIko07f0NE- Lindsey Mastis October 27, 2019 of Defense Mark Esper, and several Generals as they watch the operation to capture or kill ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in Syria from the Situation Room. UPDATE: This is the photo released by the Assistant to the President, showing President Trump with VP Mike Pence, Sec.
Mr Trump said that he watched much of the mission unfold from the White House Situation Room on Saturday night. President Donald Trump said that watching the raid that killed al-Baghdadi as it was underway felt “as though you were watching a movie.” And he’s suggesting that the video be released to the public to dissuade al-Baghdadi’s followers. Mr Trump said those involved in the raid “brought body parts” back with them, even though there “wasn’t much left” of al-Baghdadi’s body. He said debris from the tunnel where al-Baghdadi blew himself up in using an explosive vest made it difficult to get to his body.īut Mr Trump said Americans were able to move the debris and confirm al-Baghdadi’s identity. Mr Trump said on-site DNA confirmed that al-Baghdadi was killed in the raid. Mr Trump on late Saturday had teased a major announcement, tweeting that “Something very big has just happened!” By the morning, he was thanking Russia, Turkey, Syria and Iraq, as well as Kurdish fighters in Syria for their support. President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday.