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June 16, 2017       Share:    

Source: http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-russia-isis-airstrike-20170616-story.html

Russia Claims It Killed Islamic State Leader Baghdadi in Airstrike

(AP-Los Angeles Times) The Russian military said Friday that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a Russian airstrike on May 28. The Russian defense ministry said the air raid that targeted an ISIS meeting near Raqqa in Syria also killed about 30 mid-level militant leaders and about 300 other fighters. The U.S. could not confirm the report.

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