President Donald Trump has declared Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead.
The operation began on Saturday afternoon when a team of elite US troops flew into Syria’s north-west.
Baghdadi fled into a subterranean area of the complex and into a tunnel, dragging three of his young children with him where he ignited his explosive vest and died, along with his children.
Mr Trump said, "the United States brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice.”