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Al-Baghdadi informant was inside compound at time of raid, Kurdish general tells Fox News

October 28, 2019

Al-Baghdadi informant was inside compound at time of raid, Kurdish general tells Fox News

The U.S. raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was months in the making and involved significant intelligence from Kurdish allies in Syria – including a rare informant at the heart of ISIS who was inside the compound at the time of the raid, Fox News has learned.

ISIS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, potential al-Baghdadi successor, also killed in Syria, official says

October 28, 2019

ISIS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, potential al-Baghdadi successor, also killed in Syria, official says

Islamic State spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, considered a potential successor to terror leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, also was killed in Syria, a senior State Department official confirmed to Fox News on Monday.

Who’s leading ISIS now that al-Baghdadi is dead?

October 28, 2019

Who’s leading ISIS now that al-Baghdadi is dead?

The U.S. military operation that left elusive ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi without a head also succeeded in decapitating the organizational structure of the international terror group, which now faces a leadership vacuum in what is only the latest of several major setbacks.

James Carafano: Al-Baghdadi is dead –Trump was proven right on this one. So now what?

October 28, 2019

James Carafano: Al-Baghdadi is dead –Trump was proven right on this one. So now what?

We have had the three most successful years in the fight against global terrorism. We should be building on that record of achievement—not fighting each other.

How ISIS leader al-Baghdadi’s headless body was ID’d minutes after death

October 28, 2019

How ISIS leader al-Baghdadi’s headless body was ID’d minutes after death

After years of intelligence gathering, U.S. Special Operation Forces could have no doubts that the mutilated body of a man killed during Saturday night’s daring raid in Syria was the long-sought Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, employing new technology and DNA testing to positively identify his headless remains almost immediately.

RAID IN PHOTOS: Images from daring Special Operations forces mission that killed Al-Baghdadi

October 28, 2019

RAID IN PHOTOS: Images from daring Special Operations forces mission that killed Al-Baghdadi

Trump: 'Beautiful,' 'talented' military dog in al-Baghdadi raid wounded by explosive blast

October 27, 2019

Trump: 'Beautiful,' 'talented' military dog in al-Baghdadi raid wounded by explosive blast

President Trump on Sunday said military dogs chased Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi down a dark underground tunnel before he detonated a suicide vest that injured one of the dogs.

America 'woke up to learn' that US will destroy any terror group that threatens it, Pence says

October 27, 2019

America 'woke up to learn' that US will destroy any terror group that threatens it, Pence says

The United States woke up on Sunday to learn its government will stop at nothing to destroy any terrorist group that threatens American interests or intends to do its citizens harm, Vice President Mike Pence said on "Fox News Sunday" this week.

Reporter's Notebook: Covering the elusive al-Baghdadi and his reign of terror for years

October 27, 2019

Reporter's Notebook: Covering the elusive al-Baghdadi and his reign of terror for years

News of the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. Special Operations Forces was for me, as it was for many, of real interest. My teams and I have been some of the few who have seen his and his terror group’s handiwork, first-hand.

Jim Hanson: The caliph is dead — now, here's how the US can exit from Syria

October 27, 2019

Jim Hanson: The caliph is dead — now, here's how the US can exit from Syria

We must solidify the gains we have made and ensure that Assad and Iran do not have a path to undo these successes and create the land bridge to the Mediterranean the mullahs in Tehran so desperately crave.