The Pentagon has "high confidence" that ISIS leader Baghdadi was killed in the raid in northwestern Syria, according to a US official.

The US military on October 26 conducted a special operation in Idlib province, northwestern Syria. A senior Pentagon official with knowledge of the operation and a US military official said the Islamic State (IS) leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, called himself the target of the operation. The US Department of Defense informed the White House that it was "highly reliable" that the high-value target was destroyed, Baghdadi, but needed further verification.

The special campaign was approved by President Donald Trump nearly a week earlier. Members of a team of the Joint Task Force Command conducted the operation after receiving intelligence that could take action. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supports the location of the IS leader and the location of the surveillance raid for a period of time.

After the campaign ended, Trump tweeted: "Something really big happened." The White House then said the President would issue "a major announcement" at 9pm today (23:00 Hanoi time).

If confirmed, this would be the highest US military offensive since the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 2011.

The Pentagon and the US National Security Council have not commented on the information.

In a second re-release this year in September, Baghdadi asked his subordinates to release ISIS members from the prison to continue attacks in many countries and target the judges investigating the members. of the group.

In April, Baghdadi made its first appearance in five years in a video acknowledging the defeat in Syria, but insisted the group would not surrender and continue revenge for the killed militants. US-backed militia forces in late March defeated ISIS at Baghouz stronghold in Syria, but failed to capture Baghdadi. The Supreme Leader IS and many of his trusted followers are believed to be hiding in desert areas on the border between Iraq and Syria.