ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has been killed by US special forces. In a special operation condcuted by US army, Baghdadi was cornered and killed on October 26 near the village of Barisha in Syria. The announcement of his death was made by US president Donald Trump.
Crux of the Matter
Baghdadi, who was born in Iraq, had taken over as the chief of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2010.
In the aftermath of the Iraq War in the early 2000s, Iraq and Syria were left in a state of chaos. ISIS had managed to take over a vast area in Iraq and Syria and had declared itself as a Caliphate, with Abu-Bakr assuming the position of the Caliph.
The ISIS were notorious for exerting extreme brutality, undertaking genocides and abusing human rights at unheard of levels in the modern world.
Trump, in his annuncement to the world, mentioned that Baghdadi was cornered and died like a coward while failing to run away from the chasing American forces.
Curiopedia
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria officially known as the Islamic State (IS) and also known by its Arabic-language acronym Daesh is a terrorist group and a former unrecognised proto-state that follows a fundamentalist, Salafi jihadist doctrine of Sunni Islam. ISIS gained global prominence in early 2014 when it drove Iraqi government forces out of key cities in its Western Iraq offensive,followed by its capture of Mosul and the Sinjar massacre. The group has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United Nations as well as by many international organisations and individual countries. ISIS is widely known for its videos of beheadings and other types of executions of both soldiers and civilians, including journalists and aid workers, and its destruction of cultural heritage sites. The United Nations holds ISIS responsible for committing human rights abuses, crimes against peace, genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. ISIS also committed ethnic cleansing on a historic and unprecedented scale in northern Iraq. More Info
Curated Coverage
News18 – ‘If Confirmed’: Russia Welcomes IS Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s Killing by US Forces
The Guardian – Visual guide to the raid that killed Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
CNN – How the US military raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi happened
The New York Times – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS Leader Known for His Brutality, Is Dead at 48
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