ISIS’S Minister of war Omar the Chechen targeted in U.S air strike
Source: Newsweek
The U.S-led coalition has targeted the minister of war for the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) - known as Omar the Chechen - in an air strike in Syria, potentially killing him, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
Abu Omar al-Shishani, a Georgian militant who traveled to Syria from Chechya, was one of ISIS's most wanted militants and Washington has a $5 million bounty on his head for any information that would lead to his capture or death. The air strike targeted him near the northeastern Syrian town of Shaddadi and the U.S. Department of Defense said it was still assessing the results of this operation.
Kurdish YPG spokesman Redur could not confirm Shishanis death. I dont know. I dont have the information, he said. Another Kurdish YPG militia official told Reuters that the fighters had received information that Shishani had been killed, but was not able to confirm the death either.
Shishani, whose real name is Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili, was responsible for coordinating attacks against opposing forces and defending the territory that the group holds in its self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria, particularly the cities of Mosul and Raqqa.
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