ISIS leader held at US base in Syria - media

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was captured in Iraq by the US and was then brought to Syria’s al-Karamah region, a Syrian source said.

The source, who was previously a militant part of Jund al-Aqsa, said that Baghdadi was first taken to the US base in Ras al-Ayn and then to a US base in al-Hasakah-Rmeilan, Yeni Şafak daily reported.

The source added that apart from Baghdadi, seven other top ISIS officials were a part of the group and that one of them was an Iraqi national and the others were from outside of Syria and Iraq.