A Syrian Kurd undercover agent took a pair of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's underwear for DNA identification ahead of the US raid that killed the jihadist leader, a Kurdish official said Monday.
Polat Can, a senior adviser to the Kurdish-led Syrian
Democratic Forces (SDF), published details of the intelligence work that led to the US raid in which the founder of the
Islamic State group was killed.
"Al-Baghdadi changed his places of residence very often," Polat Can said, adding that the asset managed to reach the house where the IS chief was believed to be hiding.