A very adorable puppy named Bobe was rescued from the site of the Baghdadi raid after its mother was killed in the action

• A Syrian photojournalist rescued a puppy from the site of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's former compound in Syria.
• The ISIS leader was killed in a US raid over the weekend. Fared Alhor said he found the puppy next to the body of its mother, who appears to have been killed when US fighter jets leveled the building.
• Alhor has adopted the puppy and named him "Bobe" (pronounced "Bobby").
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The nation fell in love with Conan the Belgian Malinois when it emerged that the dog played a vital role in the raid to kill ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi over the weekend. Now Conan will have to share the spotlight with a puppy named Bobe that was rescued from the compound.

Syrian photojournalist Fared Alhor was taking pictures of Baghdadi's leveled compound the morning after the raid when he found a puppy roaming the rubble, next to the body of what appeared to be its mother. (After Baghdadi died, US fighter jets leveled the compound to prevent it from becoming a shrine.)

"I turned around and, accidentally, I saw a puppy standing next to his mom," Alhor told CNN. "He was howling and sounded sad."

Alhor started playing with the puppy to distract it from the loss of its mother. He said he couldn't stand to leave the orphan, but had traveled to Barisha on a motorcycle and didn't have the supplies to bring the puppy with him. So he drove 20 miles home to get a carrier and some food.

At first, Alhor took the puppy to a friend's house, whose dog recently had a litter of puppies. But Alhor had grown too connected to the dog, so he decided to keep the puppy and name him "Bobe" (pronounced "Bobby").

On Wednesday, Alhor recorded Bobe's first visit to a veterinarian at Ernesto's Sanctuary animal clinic where the puppy got a check-up and vaccines.

While Alhor is dedicated to taking care of Bobe, he is concerned about making ends meet in war-torn Syria, so he is allowing anyone who wishes to donate to the dog's care to send money to Ernesto's Sanctuary (at their website, or at their My Event page). Donations must be made with the note "For Bobe."

"I need some support in order to secure food and a new doghouse for him ... He will have a good life and we will settle down, me and him," Alhor told CNN.

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