Trump's decision to pull back USA troops from northeastern Syria raised a storm of bipartisan criticism in Washington, including statements that the American pullout could help IS regain strength after losing all the territory it once controlled.
French Defence Minister Florence Parly echoed that sentiment, saying: "We continue the fight against the Islamic State with our partners, and will adapt to new regional circumstances".
Milley would not confirm reports that al-Baghdadi was buried at sea, as was top Al-Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden after he was killed by USA forces in a similar helicopter raid in Pakistan in 2011.
Philippine security forces were on alert on Monday (Oct 28) against possible attacks in retaliation for the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a U.S. raid in Syria.
Local Missouri leaders say his death is potentially a significant step in degrading Isis.
A US official told VOA the operation was staged from a base in Iraq.
Officials have not disclosed the total number killed in the firefight, but President Trump said the casualties outnumbered the captured.
Al-Baghdadi's identity was confirmed by a DNA test conducted on-site, Trump had said.
Since 2014 IS have carefully worked to condition its jihadist fighters and supporters that the group's senior-most figures will be killed, Smith said.
Al-Baghdadi's exhortations were instrumental in inspiring attacks in the heart of Europe, Australia and the United States.
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When asked whether he would release the footage of the raid - which he has likened to watching a "movie" - the president said: "We may take certain parts of it and release it, yes".
In his address from the White House, Trump suggested that the killing of al-Baghdadi was more significant than the 2011 operation ordered by his predecessor, President Barack Obama, that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
The president said he watched the operation in the Situation Room of the White House.
"I don't have those details", Esper said, adding that the president "probably had the opportunity to talk to the commanders on the ground".
"He died like a dog, he died like a coward", Trump said.
Almost 100 US troops were transported by eight Chinook helicopters to al-Baghdadi's compound in northwestern Syria near the town of Idlib that Milley described as an "area [Baghdadi] was staying on a consistent basis".
These "possible options" would nonetheless be controversial, according to al-Hashemi, because neither is a Syrian or Iraqi national, who make up the bulk of ISIL's landless fighting force.
America's top military officer said that U.S.
"He turns up in leaked IS documents as a deputy of Baghdadi and to my knowledge, he is not dead", Tamimi said.
Analysts said the list of potential successors appeared to be short, with Hisham al-Hashemi, an Iraqi expert on ISIL, noting that two potential candidates stand out: Abu Othman al-Tunsi and Abu Saleh al-Juzrawi, who is also known as Hajj Abdullah. "Russia treated us great". Ron Aiello, a retired Marine cited by The New York Times, said the dogs likely were either German shepherds or Belgian Malinois - the breed used in the raid on bin Laden.
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