Counter Extremism Project: Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi's Death After His Reappearance Online a Blow to ISIS
October 28, 2019
October 28, 2019
NEW YORK, Oct. 28 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release:
On October 26, 2019, U.S. forces carried out an operation in Syria's Idlib province that resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who had served as ISIS's self-proclaimed caliph since June 2014. U.S. officials confirmed Baghdadi's identity using DNA tests of his remains after he detonated an explosive vest. Baghdadi's likely successor, ISIS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, was reportedly kill . . .
On October 26, 2019, U.S. forces carried out an operation in Syria's Idlib province that resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who had served as ISIS's self-proclaimed caliph since June 2014. U.S. officials confirmed Baghdadi's identity using DNA tests of his remains after he detonated an explosive vest. Baghdadi's likely successor, ISIS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, was reportedly kill . . .