U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died “whimpering and crying” in a raid by U.S. special forces in the Idlib region of northwest Syria. President Donald Trump said that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died in a raid by U.S. special forces. “Ethawi gave valuable information which helped the Iraqi multi-security agencies team complete the missing pieces of the puzzle of Baghdadi’s movements and places he used to hide,” one of the Iraqi security officials said. He joined al Qaeda in 2006 and was arrested by U.S. forces in 2008 and jailed for four years, according to the Iraqi security officials. Video purporting to show gunfire that erupted during the US raid in Idlib in Syria.

Source: National Post October 28, 2019 15:45 UTC