A U.S. military raid in Syria that targeted Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi resulted in a death, but officials haven't confirmed it was him
WASHINGTON—The U.S. military targeted the head of Islamic State in a raid in northwestern Syria that U.S. officials said resulted in the death of an individual—an operation that, if successful, would remove the operational and spiritual leader of the group the U.S. has been attempting to defeat for the last several years.
Those officials said the individual targeted was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of Islamic State, but they wouldn’t confirm if he was killed in the raid. The White House announced late Saturday that President...
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