Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Friday it was checking information that a Russian air strike near the Syrian city of Raqqa may have killed ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in late May, Russian news agencies reported. The air strike, targeted a meeting of ISIL leaders and was carried out on ...
The Iraqi army managed on Thursday to liberate Bab Sinjar neighborhood in western Mosul from ISIL terrorists, raising the national flag over its buildings, according to a statement issued by the military media. The statement added that the forces were deployed next to Farouq neighborhood in preparation for storming it.
