evidence: President Trump says ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead after U.S.-led raid in Syria WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Sunday that terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, perhaps the world's most wanted man, was killed in a special operations raid over the weekend. [...] U.S. commandos launched the raid late Saturday, Trump said. News reports said the raid's target was al-Baghdadi, who was located with the assistance of the CIA.