dead after a u.s. military operation last night in northwestern syria. we are awaiting some new video of the aftermath of the u.s. special forces operation which targeted a suspected isis safe house, u.s. helicopters, jets and drones all were deployed. officials believe that the isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi is among the dead. erin mclaughlin is joining me from turkey just across that border from syria. what are you hearing from your vantage point? reporter: well, alex, everything we re hearing so far from u.s. sources suggests a well-executed, well-planned operation took place in the middle of the night by u.s. special forces. they attacked by air then went in on ground to gather intelligence using planes, drones and helicopters. we understand that during the operation a safe house was
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targeted as well as a convoy. all of this taking place three miles away from the turkish border. we have heard from the turkish ministry of defense this morning say there was a level of coordination with turkey as well, the ministry of defense tweeting out, quote, prior to the u.s. operation in idlib province of syria last night, information exchange and coordination between the military authorities of both countries took place. we ve yet to hear from u.s. officials about this potential coordination during this operation with turkey. we also have claims from kurdish officials say that sdf forces were also somehow involved. yet to hear from the u.s. as well on that. meanwhile, we haven t heard from isis, their official propaganda channels, markedly quiet in all of this. we have heard from some sympathizers on social media, those sympathizers vowing to continue on even if baghdadi is, in fact, confirmed dead, in the