ISIS leader Baghdadi given burial at sea, afforded religious rites: report

The US officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not disclose where the ritual was performed or how long it lasted. Two officials said they believed his remains were delivered to the sea from an aircraft.

A videograb of a Ramadan sermon he delivered at the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul in 2014, during which he declared himself caliph of the Islamic State.

The United States has given the remains of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi a burial at sea and afforded him religious rites according to Islamic custom after he was killed in a US commando raid in Syria on Saturday, three officials told Reuters.