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Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
2019 U.S. military operation in Syria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On 26–27 October 2019, the United States conducted a military operation code named Operation Kayla Mueller that resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the then-leader and self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization. The operation took place in the outskirts of Barisha, Idlib Governorate, Syria. According to General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) commander who oversaw the operation, Baghdadi killed himself along with two children when he detonated a suicide belt while fleeing from U.S. forces during the raid.[6]
Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Operation Kayla Mueller) | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian civil war, the American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war (Operation Inherent Resolve), the international military intervention against the Islamic State, and the Global War on Terrorism | |||||||
![]() Baghdadi's compound, before and after the U.S. special operations raid, 26–27 October 2019 | |||||||
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~100 JSOC operators[4] 8 helicopters Unknown number of military working dogs and robots | Unknown | ||||||
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2 soldiers and 1 dog injured[5] |
16–21 killed 2 militants captured[7] | ||||||
2 children died after Baghdadi detonated his vest[8][9] 2 civilians killed and one injured by U.S. airstrikes[10] | |||||||
The U.S. operation was named for Kayla Mueller, an American aid worker who had been captured by and died in the custody of the Islamic State (IS).