US wants to strengthen anti-Islamic State coalition after Baghdadi death

US wants to strengthen anti-Islamic State coalition after Baghdadi death

Malaysiakini - News·2019-10-29 15:04

The United States wants to bolster a coalition fighting Islamic State in northeastern Syria, a senior State Department official said after the leader of the jihadi movement, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in a weekend operation.

World leaders welcomed Abu Bakr's death, but they and security experts warned that the group which carried out atrocities against religious minorities and horrified most Muslims remained a security threat in Syria and beyond.

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