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IS head Baghdadi believed dead after US strike: US media

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who is believed to be dead after a US military raid in Syria's Idlib region. PHOTO | AL-FURQAN | AFP

By  AFP

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is 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 descended, media said citing multiple government sources.

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