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DonViejo

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Tue Jul 11, 2017, 09:00 AM Jul 2017

Syrian Observatory says has 'confirmed information' that Islamic State chief killed

Source: Reuters




WORLD NEWS | Tue Jul 11, 2017 | 8:28am EDT

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had "confirmed information" that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed.

Russia's Defence Ministry said in June that it might have killed Baghdadi when one of its air strikes hit a gathering of Islamic State commanders on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Raqqa, but Washington said it could not corroborate the death and Western and Iraqi officials have been skeptical.

Reuters could not independently verify Baghdadi's death.

&quot We have) confirmed information from leaders, including one of the first rank, in the Islamic State in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zor," the director of the British-based war monitoring group Rami Abdulrahman told Reuters.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-baghdadi-idUSKBN19W1AW

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Syrian Observatory says has 'confirmed information' that Islamic State chief killed (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2017 OP
Great if it's true, but let's see a body. nt Eugene Jul 2017 #1
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