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If news is confirmed, he was hiding in Idlib near the border with Turkey. Which is not surprising and makes most sense. What doesn't make sense is that no one knew of his location the whole time. It's hard to hide yourself in a neighborhood of a populated city while also using technology like phones, laptops, etc.
Helicopters took off from Turkey and US likely got Turkish permission to undergo operation. Similarities with killing of Bin Laden:
-Happened at end of US Presidents first term
-Happened after the death of each of their organizations
-In both cases, US claims to have taken their bodies
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There are videos of air strikes I'll link soon, but I don't see any videos of ground forces or light arms clashes on the ground. Some reports say there were air strikes, others say a special force raid conducted by US Special Forces coming from Turkey.
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