Breaking: Reports : Senior ISIS/ISIL Leader(s) Killed?
There are conflicting reports surfacing that the 2nd in command(s) of ISIS, Abu Alaa al-Iraqi & ” Abu Hajar, the right arm of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.” have been killed by the Iraqi Army in airstrikes.
The Abu Hajar death has been falsely reported before by the Iraqi Army so I’m calling 48 hour rule on this report.
Al Manar:
almanar.com.lb
Times of Israel:
timesofisrael.com
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Right-hand man to IS leader al-Baghdadi killed near Mosul; Britain actively considering arming Kurds
The Iraqi defense ministry has reported that a senior advisor to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the radical Islamic group IS, was killed on Thursday in an air strike near Mosul.
According to the report, the senior member of the organization was killed together with a group of fighters considered close to al-Baghdadi. Al-Baghdadi has been given the title of caliph of the Muslim world by the self-designated Islamic State.
Over the last month, the United States and its allies have been helping the Iraqi army with a series of air strikes against IS hubs. In addition, these forces have been rescuing civilians in IS-controlled territory due to brutal IS attacks against minorities.