the raid began in the pitch dark of northern syria. the ferocious sound of the firefight was heard for miles. us forces dropped from helicopters and surrounded a compound. it was destroyed afterwards by air strikes. this is the scene this morning. the house belonged to abu muhammad salama, a senior figure in the extremist group haras al din. when those inside refused to surrender, the attack began. translation: around 11 o clock they started shooting the house of abu muhammad. he had a guest. the house was completely destroyed. we recovered seven bodies from under the rubble, and two others on the main street. it s thought that the guest was the world s most wanted man, abu bakr al baghdadi, the leader of the islamic state group. he was last seen earlier this year in a rare video, very much still in command of is. it s been a terrible yearfor the group. their last remaining territory was lost in a bloody battle in the spring, leading to the capture of thousands of its support
president trump says the leader of the so called islamic state group, abu bakr al baghdadi, has been killed during an operation by us special forces. the is leader had been described as the world s most wanted man. in 2011 the us officially designated him a terrorist and offered a reward of ten million dollars for information leading to his capture or death his death had been wrongly reported on several occasions. he emerged in 2010 as the leader of al-qaeda in iraq, one of the groups that merged with is, and rose to prominence during the attempted merger with the al nusra front in syria. here s president trump making the announcement earlier today. last night, the united states brought the world s number one terrorist leader to justice. abu bakr al baghdadi is dead. he was the founder and leader of isis, the most ruthless and violent terror organisation anywhere in the world. the united states has been searching for al baghdadi for many years. capturing or killing al bag
more than 100 people have been killed and scores of others injured in two explosions in south eastern iran, near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. bbc persian s parham gobadi earlier told me further details of the blast. as you mentioned, this is one of the deadliest attacks in iran in the past a0 years. it has been unprecedented, the number of the death toll is rising every every few minutes, so far. they say that some of those who were injured are in critical conditions and we know at least one medic was among the casualties who was killed, two others, at least, are in critical condit
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