Analysis: Will al-Baghdadi’s death stop ISIL?
US military operation killed ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi when they targeted his compound in northwest Syria.
US President Donald Trump says he knew about the raid for three days.
The US ground forces had engaged in a brief firefight at Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound.
Al-Baghdadi became the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group in 2010 and declared an affiliation to al-Qaeda.
Trump said his body was mutilated by the blast and test results proved it was him.
Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara reports from London.
Published On 27 Oct 2019