US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during an overnight raid led by US military forces in Syria, a major victory as he fights a Democratic-led impeachment inquiry. Under Baghdadi's rule, Islamic State - which at one point controlled swathes of Syria and Iraq - is responsible for gruesome attacks against religious minorities

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/donald-trump-announces-death-of-isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi/articleshow/71786337.cms