JUST IN: Commander in chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Gen. Mazloum Kobani, hails 'Successful& historical operation due to a joint intelligence work with the United States of America.'
a"successful and effective operation by our forces" which he said was"yet another proof of SDF's anti-terror capability."
It was not clear whether the Kurds, who have accused Trump of abandoning to the Turkish invasion, were involved in the operation. Al-Baghdadi has led ISIS since 2010. He stood at the pulpit of the great medieval mosque in Mosul in 2014 to declare himself caliph, sovereign over all Muslims.in which a bearded man resembling al-Baghdadi appeared sitting cross-legged on the ground with an assault-style weapon propped up against a wall and praised terrorists who carried out Easter bombings of churches in Sri Lanka.Some reports have claimed that he was killed in U.S.
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