Kurdish forces say their agents stole a pair of Baghdadi panties to verify his identity and hideout.
"We have been cooperating with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from May 15 to track Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and track him closely," said Polat Can, a senior officer of the Force. Syrian Democracy (SDF) with the core of the Kurdish militia, yesterday wrote on Twitter, referring to IS supreme leader.
Can said an SDF source approached the hidden Baghdadi house, adding that he changed his residence very often and was about to move to a new place in Jerablus. "The source took Baghdadi's panties to a DNA test to be 100% sure that this was exactly what he was," the official said.
SDF representatives also said the decision to remove the IS leader was made more than a month ago. However, the US withdrawal and the Turkish invasion forced them to suspend special activities, including the pursuit of Baghdadi. "Our intelligence source has been involved in sending coordinates, directing an aerial landing and helping the operation succeed to the last minute," Can said.
Asked about the role of the SDF in the ISIS leader raid in Idlib, northeastern Syria on October 26, US Army Chief of Staff Council President Mark Milley was careful to say that he "would not be right." discuss the possibilities with SDF ".
Trump, meanwhile, insisted that the campaign to destroy Baghdadi would not change his decision to withdraw troops from Syria, although he confirmed that the Kurdish ally provided a lot of useful information. The US president also thanked Russia, Turkey, Iraq and Syria for supporting the campaign.
Trump said Baghdadi had killed himself by detonating a bomb belt when a US special task force was brought to a dead end, adding that the IS leader "ran and cried and screamed at his pursuit". "He is a sick and decadent. Now he is no more," US President announced on 27/10.