New ISIS chief could replace al-Baghdadi in weeks: US official

new ISIS chief to replace Abu Bakr al-Baghdi who was killed during secret military raid by US army will soon be anunced. In US House Homeland Security Committee hearing on October 31, acting director of National Counter-terrorism Center, Russ Travers said that terrorist organisation has a 'deep bench' and refore a new he will surface in days or even a few weeks. However, Travers did t predict which ISIS member will definitely take over leership after Baghdi. NCTC acting director also stated that re are nearly 14 thousand ISIS fighters in both Syria and Iraq. 

'Losses were significant'

Russ Travers said that undoubtfully military raid of October 27 resulted in 'significant losses for ISIS' however, organisation has a deep bench and refore between a couple of days or weeks, military forces will witness a new leer. acting director also said that US along with coalition has been successful in eliminating leership of both Al-Qaeda along with ISIS over years and even n, bench 'tends to rise' to top. Furrmore, Travers also predicted that new leer might try to build relations with leer of rival extremist group Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri. According to Travers, re will be several eulogies for Baghdi's death and some will even come from rival group.

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Insurgency by ISIS

Apart from Syria and Iraq, ISIS has nearly 20 branches and affiliates around world, this also indicates that 'insurgency has a lot of options'.  intelligence presumes that y will witness calls for an attack against Western interests along with requests of branches and affiliates to swear allegiance to new leer. However, in near future, Travers said that re will t be any significant attack by ISIS but any planning which was under during Baghdi will t be interrupted by recent strike.

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Baghdi killed

US President Donald Trump confirmed that ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdi has been killed on October 27. dressing a press conference, Trump said that US forces carried out an operation in rth-west Syrian region of Idlib to kill ISIS chief Baghdi. He said that Baghdi h been under US intelligence surveillance for 'a couple of weeks'. Trump said that United States lost soldier in operation and claimed that many ISIS men and Baghdi's aides were killed in operation. Detailing about operation, Trump said that al-Baghdi was in a room with 11 children. He said that operation began at 5'o clock and lift-off started 'moments after that'. He n ded that world's most dangerous terrorist died "like a coward".

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(With ncy inputs)