TOPSHOT - An aerial view taken on October 27, 2019 shows the site that was hit by helicopter gunfire which reportedly killed nine people near the northwestern Syrian village of Barisha in the Idlib province along the border with Turkey, where "groups linked to the Islamic State (IS) group" were present, according to a Britain-based war monitor with sources inside Syria. - The helicopters targeted a home and a car on the outskirts of Barisha, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, after US media said IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was believed to be dead following a US military raid in the same province. Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said the helicopters likely belonged to the US-led military coalition that has been fighting the extremist group in Syria. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
The Pentagon has released video of the Barisha raid, officially codenamed Operation Kayla Mueller.
The operation was conducted in Barisha, Idlib Governorate, Syria on October 26–27, 2019, to capture or kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the then-leader of ISIS.
According to President Donald Trump, Baghdadi killed himself and three children while “whimpering and crying” when he detonated a suicide belt during the raid.
