President Trump says ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead after U.S.-led raid in Syria
David Jackson, Courtney Subramanian and Michael CollinsWASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Sunday that terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, perhaps the world's most wanted man, was killed during a special operations raid over the weekend.
He died like a dog," Trump said."He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place.""He was a sick and depraved man, and now he's gone," Trump said. FILE - This file image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.The renewed fighting in the region also led to the release of an unknown number of ISIS fighters who had been imprisoned by the Kurds. Russian forces also moved into the region as a fragile ceasefire along the Turkey-Syria border took hold.
In another tweet, the Turkey Ministry of National Defense said: "Prior to the US Operation in Idlib Province of Syria last night, information exchange and coordination between the military authorities of both countries took place," Officials also said that Defense Secretary Mark Esper would appear on Sunday morning new programs to discuss developments in Syria.
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