Islamic State head Baghdadi believed dead after US strike: US media

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WASHINGTON - Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was believed to be dead after a US military raid in Syria's Idlib region, US media reported early Sunday.

WASHINGTON - Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was believed to be dead after a US military raid in Syria's Idlib region, US media reported early Sunday.

Baghdadi may have killed himself with a suicide vest as US special operations forces attacked, media said citing multiple government sources. He built the violent jihadist movement into a potent force with its own "caliphate" territory across large swathes of Syria and Iraq.

 

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