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So it could be that he was, he was there on his way to turkey, coming out of turkey, looking to hide, to get out of the country. as you were just talking about, idlib is a place where a lot of hard liners, a lot of isis members have been falling back to. he would have been falling back to a group of his core supporters right there as the islamic movement, the hardline islamists from the al qaeda factions and isis had really nowhere to go after they were defeated in this -- defeated in their so-called caliphate. but yes, told by two sources now about this raid in addition to two other sources t...

Being made on the side lines here that do not, frankly, involve the united states. principally between turkey and russia. so, you know, when i first saw evidence on social media that there was a raid into northwest syria, the allegations being made then were it was actually the turks that were invading in idlib province to mount some kind of special operations raid against al qaeda in idlib. now the reporting seems to suggest this is a u.s. raid targeting baghdadi. this is very strange, given the circumstances of the last two weeks, right? so i have a lot of questions about, a, how he got ther...

Unsurprising. that transit rutta cross the turkish border into the idlib province is a route that islamic extremists have been using for years now. a well-known smuggling route. >> richard, what do you believe is the state of isis right now if baghdadi is, in fact, dead? >> well, this is very -- it's a blow to the group, but the group was so much in flux. and actually toward the end, right in the end, baghdadi had lost some of his, some of his shine. he had lost some of his popularity because everyone has ups and downs in their career, even terrorists. and he -- his up was when he established ...

Status that he had once had when he was declaring his own caliphate. when he stood in -- and he did this physically when he stood in mosul and declared himself to be the leader of all muslims. that was his peak. he was -- he was in charge of an organization that was spreading and that was attracting recruits from around the world. and now, again, he apparently was targeted and killed. he was a fugitive on the run, trying to rebuild. he was at an extremely low point compared to where he had been. >> richard, thank you so much. that was richard engel on the phone for us live from northern syria....

So much. please stay on the phone with us as we may go back to you in just a little bit. we have someone else joining us. richard engel who is live on the phone with us from northern syria. richard, what can you tell us about these recent updates? >> reporter: so, we're hearing as well -- i'm hearing from my sources, too, saying there was this raid that they believe baghdadi was the target and one of them saying they believe baghdadi was, in fact, killed in this operation. that it took place right along the turkish border, that this was an american raid. that it took place in sort of the large...