Dubai – Masaader News
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS Leader, is believed to have been killed in a raid conducted by the US military in northwest Syria on Saturday, or Baghdadi suicided with vest the raid, according to CNN.
The CIA assisted in locating the ISIS leader, the defense official said. Iraqi forces also gave “important information” in the operation, Maj. Gen. Tahseen al-Khafaji, a spokesperson for the Iraqi Joint Operations told CNN.
The Kurdish-lead Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) tweeted that there was a “successful” joint operation with the US, but did not specifically name what that operation was or give any further details.
“Successful & historical operation due to joint intelligence work with the United States of America,” Mazloum Abdi, SDF General Commander tweeted Sunday.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to make a major announcement Sunday at 9 a.m., White House deputy press secretary.