The leader of the Islamic State Abu Bakr al -Baghdadi died during the special operation of the American military. This was announced by US President Donald Trump.
“Last night became great for the United States and the world. He died like a dog, died like a coward. The world is now much safer, ”Trump said. He assured that al -Baghdadi “whined” and “cried” before his death in the tunnel, where he was driven by dogs from the US army.
At the end of the tunnel, next to three of his children, al-Baghdadi brought into force a mortal belt. Although the body was mutilated by the explosion, the identity of the murdered was confirmed by tests.
The American president thanked for the help of the authorities of Russia, Turkey, Syria and Iraq, as well as the Syrian Kurds.
Prior to this, Trump wrote on Twitter: “It just happened very important”, during the publication in the Syrian province of Idlib, where, presumably, Al -Baghdadi was 03:23.
The region is located in the north of Syria and borders on Turkey - the leader of the IG, presumably, was in the city of Barish. The anonymous representative of the Turkish authorities in a conversation with the Associated Press claimed that Ankara was aware of the operation.
Newsweek previously wrote that the special operations of the Delta special forces participated in the special operation, but the Pentagon official assured the publication: Al -Baghdadi was killed as a result of an airstrike.
Or not attempts to kill al -Baghdadi were reported about successful or not, but the Islamic State invariably reported that the organization’s leader was alive. Audio recordings with the appeals of the head of the IG were sent as confirmation.
It is assumed that Abu Bakr al -Baghdadi was born in 1971 in Iraqi Samarra. He became one of the functionaries of the local branch of Al -Qaeda, but this unit was separated from the mother organization. Al-Baghdadi gained worldwide fame in 2014, after several major military victories in Iraq, al-Baghdadi declared himself a caliph, and a controlled territory-a caliphate, an Islamic state. He called on Muslims from all over the earth to come to the territory controlled by the IG.
However, most Muslim organizations refused to recognize al -Baghdadi as the leader of the co -religionists. At the same time, the leader of the IG claimed what comes from the same tribe as the Prophet Muhammad.