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Kurdish forces on high alert after al-Baghdadi death
People look at a destroyed house near the village of Barisha, in Idlib province, Syria after an operation by the US military which targeted Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group
SYRIAN Kurdish forces said today that they are increasing security at prisons and detention facilities holding tens of thousands of Islamic State (Isis) militants and supporters, following the death of the jihadist group’s leader in a US raid.
The heightened security also comes as Kurdish forces said they are continuing operations to hunt down Isis leaders in Syria.
Hours after the raid that killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in north-west Syria, another attack based on Kurdish intelligence killed one of his aides and possible successors.
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