Feds Leave National Security Level at Medium Following ISIS Leader’s Death

Two men stand in rubble near the village of Barisha, in Idlib province, Syria, on Oct. 27, 2019, after an operation by the U.S. military which targeted Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the ISIS terrorist group. The federal government says Canada's national-threat level remains at “medium” despite the leader of the Islamic State group having been killed over the weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ghaith Alsayed

OTTAWA—The federal government showed no signs Monday of changing Canada’s national-threat level from its current classification of “medium” despite fears in some countries that the Islamic State group will launch retaliatory strikes over the killing of its shadowy leader during a U.S. attack.

On Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the little-seen leader of the ISIS terrorist group, killed himself and three of his children during a U.S. special forces operation in Syria.