Hudayfah al-Badri, son of leader of ISIL terrorist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been killed in the central Syrian province of Homs, according to the Telegram channel Directorate 4 which monitors terrorists’ activity.
The channel reported that al-Badri was obliterated during an attack by militants on the positions of Syrian and Russian forces located near one of the thermal power plants in Homs province.
On May 8, Fox News cited Abu Ali al-Basri, director-general of the intelligence and counter-terrorism office of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, as saying that the ISIL leader is believed to be still at large.
“The last information we have is he [al-Baghdadi] is in Al-Hajin in Syria, 18 miles from the border in Deir ez-Zor province,” Abu Ali al-Basri said.
He was echoed by Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, spokesperson for the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and for the Joint Operations Command, who confirmed al-Baghdadi’s location on the border east of the Euphrates River, in an area still controlled by the terrorists.
“It is not difficult for him to hide in the Syrian desert,” Rasool noted. In April, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that despite successful counter-terrorism missions in Syria and Iraq, ISIL is still capable of conducting raids in different regions across the world, and that new forms of international cooperation are needed to confront the terrorist group.
Source: Agencies
