ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi targeted, believed dead in US raid in Syria: Sources
By MARTHA RADDATZ, LUIS MARTINEZ, JOHN SANTUCCI, JAMES GORDON MEEK and JUSTIN DOOM | Oct 27, 2019, 12:38 AM ET
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-targeted-believed/story?id=66558548

'Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State last seen alive in a video in April, was targeted in a strike by U.S. Special Operations Forces in Syria on Saturday, according to three U.S. officials.

The ISIS leader is believed to be dead, those officials told ABC News.

One official told ABC News al-Baghdadi is believed to have detonated a suicide vest he was wearing as a U.S. special mission unit carried out a ground raid in Idlib. The building containing al-Baghdadi was leveled by U.S. operators, the official said.

U.S. officials said they're awaiting final confirmation of his death through fingerprinting or other biometric methods.'

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