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Islamic State leader killed in US Special Forces raid
This appeared in The Millennial Source
On Sunday, October 27, President Trump announced the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (IS), the terrorist group that gained global notoriety in the wake of the Syrian Civil War, with significant territorial gains in Iraq and Syria. The president revealed that on the evening of Saturday, October 26, US special forces conducted a raid in Syria that ended in the death of the fugitive. The death of al-Baghdadi marks the end of an extensive pursuit of one of the world’s most wanted terrorists.
The death of the elusive yet prominent figurehead is a blow to IS, whose influence and territory has significantly waned in recent years. Despite the death of its leader, some analysts believe that this event does not represent the end of the terrorist organization.
Details of the operation
Supplemented by Kurdish intelligence and information provided by disaffected IS members-turned informants, the US traced al-Baghdadi to a location in Syria’s Idlib province.
