Iraq was informed of Daesh leader Baghdadi's death: security sources

Iraq was informed by sources in Syria that Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters on Sunday.

"Our sources from inside Syria have confirmed to the Iraqi intelligence team tasked with pursuing Baghdadi that he has been killed alongside his personal bodyguard in Idlib after his hiding place was discovered when he tried to get his family out of Idlib towards the Turkish border," said one of the sources.

Citing two anonymous sources from the Pentagon and the Army, it said the U.S. military conducted a special operation raid against Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria's northwestern Idlib province.

U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted "Something very big has just happened!" Saturday night, when the report said the operation concluded.

Baghdadi was killed in the raid, said Newsweek, citing a U.S. Army source who was briefed on the results of the operation.

The Pentagon source told Newsweek that Baghdadi was "dead pending verification."