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The operation was named after Kayla Mueller, an American aid worker that was abducted by ISIL in Syria in August 2013. During her captivity, she was reportedly forced into marriage with al-Baghdadi, during which time she was repeatedly raped, tortured, and physically abused. She was confirmed dead in early February 2015, reportedly murdered by al-Baghdadi himself. [35] NATO – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg stated the raid was a great accomplishment in the efforts against global terrorism. [92] a b c d "The Latest: UN chief says remember victims of terrorism". ABC News. October 28, 2019. Archived from the original on July 1, 2020 . Retrieved June 30, 2020. Baghdadi's compound was located near GPS coordinates 36.1660, 36.6274, in Syria's Idlib Governorate. Although Idlib is dominated by the Islamic State's rival jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which had connections to al-Qaeda, [17] the Institute for the Study of War warned that Idlib is nevertheless the focus of an ISIL strategy to have it serve as an incubator for the next iteration of ISIL and al-Qaeda recruits. [18]

Israel – The State of Israel too welcomed the death of al-Baghdadi, congratulating President Trump and reaffirming their stand on international terrorism and stating that the fight must continue on. [85] From Sayyid Qutb, the Egyptian ideologue killed in an Egyptian jail in 1966, he accepted millenarian ideas that the world was in a state of ignorance, that all leaders of Muslim countries deserved denunciation as apostates, and that only armed struggle and sharia (religious law) could restore past Islamic glories. Zawahiri called democracy “a new religion that deifies humans and gives them the authority to formulate their own laws … while Islam gives the right to legislate exclusively to Allah”. More than anything, he wrote, Egypt’s rapid defeat in the June 1967 war persuaded him that existing Arab structures were bankrupt. Neikirk, Todd (October 29, 2019). "General Milley: I Don't Know Where Trump got "Whimpering and Crying" Story From". Hill Reporter. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019 . Retrieved November 2, 2019. Correll, Diana Stancy (November 19, 2019). "ISIS expected to revamp operations in Syria, grow the ability to target the West, says Pentagon watchdog". Military Times. Archived from the original on November 27, 2019 . Retrieved November 24, 2019. Baghdadi's compound was destroyed after the successful operation to be sure it would not become a memorial.