For Emmanuel Macron, the final defeat of the Islamic State group is the "priority" of France

The death of the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is "a blow against Daesh, but it is only a step", responded Emmanuel Macron, Sunday, October 27. A few hours earlier, US President Donald Trump announced that the leader of the jihadist group had been killed in a special forces operation in northwestern Syria.

In a tweet published late this afternoon, the French president said that the final defeat of the Islamic State organization is "the priority" of France to the Levant.

"The death of al-Baghdadi is a blow against Daesh, but it is only a step, the fight continues with our partners in the international coalition to defeat the terrorist organization. priority in the Levant, "writes the President of the Republic.

The death of al-Baghdadi is a blow against Daesh, but it's only a step. The fight continues with our partners in the international coalition so that the terrorist organization is definitely defeated. This is our priority in the Levant.

"Early retirement for a terrorist, but not for his organization," said the Minister of Armed Forces, Florence Parly. Reacting via her Twitter account, she congratulated "our American allies for this operation," while calling for "continue the fight relentlessly" against his organization.

Reactions abroad

Abroad, several politicians have commented on the announcement, like the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan who says on Twitter that, "the death of the leader of Daesh marks a turning point in our joint fight against terrorism"

The killing of Daesh's ringleader marks a turning point in our joint fight against terrorism. Turkey will continue to support anti-terror efforts - it's done in the past.

For his part, Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), fears that "dormant cells" are avenging Al-Baghdadi. "We expect everything, including attacks on prisons," added the head of FDS, partners of Washington during the fight against the organization Islamic State in Syria. In the prisons he evokes, which are run by Kurdish forces, thousands of jihadists are still detained.

With AFP