American Newspaper Refers Baghdadi As “austere religious scholar”

Fugitive Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a US military operation in Syria's northwest Idlib district, US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday.

In a special media address at the White House, Trump said: "Last night was a great night for the US and the world. A brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. He will never again harm an innocent man, woman or child.

"Last night, the United States brought the world's number one terrorist leader, to justice: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead."