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De-escalate that area. now, within that context, weve got, what was known as the al qaeda franchise that is the dominant group, really, throughout that region. they are staunch enemies, with the so-called islamic state. in some respect, it might be the last place you would want to go and id, if you were al baghdadi. the man who declared himself in the view of al qaeda, the caliphate, and now, heighting just five or six miles inside the syrian territory, close to the turkish border, vulnerable to...

Idolation of the king. not the end of the idea. in a sense, back in april, when baghdadi released an audiotape, where people were breaking out of the camps, from lock and key, and conduct operations and a sense of resurgence, and re-ignite the brand that had been so magnetic in the territory, of syria and iraq. he has a great number of followers still in this region, and around the world. many will see this moment, not of defeat, but of a celebration, of martyrdom of their caliphate. nick paton ...

Al baghdadi was able to hide there so long. and the questions of who sheltered him and supported those groups and how did he end up quite so far away from what used to be isis caliphate. >> youre in northern react. what will be the uniform reaction to this? >> reporter: there are small parts of the sunni population that gave isis the foothold. thats where isis began. its born into the islamic state of iraq and syria. they used bulldozers to break down the borders. a small part of the population ...

>> reporter: i think for the isis fighters, weve seen the caliphate deteriorate over a lengthy and successful u.s.-backed campaign for the syrian kurds. the syrian kurds, are the ones who kicked isis out of the territory, and put al baghdadi, in this position, where he seemed to have sought shelter in his rival, really, al qaeda. they have similar ideas but theyre not bedfellows in that fight. its a startling blow for isis. long expected to some degree because of the nature of how the u.s. fough...

Thanks. principal. we can help you plan for that. start today at principal.com. welcome back with this breaking news today. one of the worlds most wanted terrorists now dead. this morning president trump confirming that isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi was killed after detonating a suicide vest in syria. baghdadis death is a combination of years-long hunts after he declared a caliphate in iraq and syria in 2014. cnn international correspondent ben wedeman is live for us in beirut. ben, explain...

About the world. he was the heir apparent to al qaeda. terrorist whoo press and murder innocent people should never sleep soundly knowing that we will completely destroy them. these savage monsters will not escape their fate and they will not escape the final judgment of god. bagdadi has been on the run for many years, long before i took office. but at my direction as commander-in-chief of the united states, we on later ated his caliphate 100% in march of this year and this is a reminder we will...

Analysis to wait and confirm that it is, indeed, al baghdadi who died. >> he has been in hiding five years and declared the isis caliphate in 2014. >> president trump is expected to make a major foreign policy announcement, according to the white house, at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. last night, he tweeted, quote, something very big has happened, unquote. we want to show you video of syrian activists show part of the raid targeting al baghdadi. cnn cannot confirm the authenticity of this video but t...

Only lexus asks questions like these, because we believe the most amazing machines are inspired by you. experience the rewards of our curiosity. welcome back to cnn center in atlanta, where we continue to follow breaking news on the manhunt for isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. sources tell cnn that al baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a u.s. military raid in northwest syria. a u.s. official says president donald trump is expected to make an announcement related to foreign policy in ...

Isis and lost people in it, too. a man who preached hate and managed to take the most disenfranchised and most suffering parts of the middle east, the sunnis, syrians and iraqis, to congeal into a hateful caliphate and a existed vision of islam, it seems deceased. >> its with a shudder that al baghdadi said, ill see you in new york. thats why theres trepidation and relief in cities around the world. in 2014, we had an isis-inspired attack with a truck. this has impacted people around the world. ...

Islamic state. he was seen as the head of it. you didnt have the cult of personality. osama bin laden, his fame goes back to the mid 1980s, during the soviet occupation of afghanistan. baghdadi, when he first appeared in july of 2014, announcing the position of the caliphate, he was in the unknown. even within iraq itself. he was an unknown figure. we know that the islamic state,