UK's Johnson says battle against IS group 'not yet over'

UK’s Johnson says battle against IS group ‘not yet over’

By : AFP

Date: 27 October 2019 4:01pm WAT

A picture taken on October 27, 2019 shows a destroyed building in the old city of Mosul, the former base of the Islamic State (IS) group in northern Iraq, where Jihadist supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi used to address followers before the group was chased out of the area in 2017. - Baghdadi, the world's most wanted man, is believed to have been killed in a US special operation in the Idlib region of northwestern Syria, US media reported on October 27, 2019. (Photo by Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday hailed the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as “an important moment” but said the fight against his group “is not yet over”.

“The death of Baghdadi is an important moment in our fight against terror but the battle against the evil of Daesh is not yet over,” he wrote on Twitter.

“We will work with our coalition partners to bring an end to the murderous, barbaric activities of Daesh once and for all.”