The body of the leader of al-Baghdadi IS handled under armed conflict law by being buried under the sea, Pentagon officials said.

"Al-Baghdadi's body was removed after he detonated a suicide bomb belt next to his three children, then transferred to a safe facility to confirm his identity by DNA testing. completed by armed conflict law, "said US Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley yesterday.

A Pentagon official also confirmed that al-Baghdadi's body had been dropped into an unspecified sea, similar to terrorist tycoon Osama bin Laden after being killed by US special forces during a 2011 raid in Pakistan.

"No one was injured in the raid in northwestern Syria, although US special forces opened fire. Two people were arrested after the attack," Gen Milley added.

US troops on October 26 conducted a top-secret operation aimed at the whereabouts of the Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Idlib province, northwestern Syria. US President Donald Trump later confirmed al-Baghdadi had been killed.

"His death marks the destruction of the IS remnants," said US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, praising the US forces for their successful completion of the mission in collaboration with Russia, the Kurds in Syria, Turkey and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.

Polat Can, a senior adviser to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said he had been working with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since May to monitor al-Baghdadi led by him. change places often. Can added that Baghdadi's underwear was tested for DNA and "100% guaranteed" that the exterminator was the supreme leader of IS.