
NATO is familiarized with reports that the ISIL leader may have been killed in Russia’s airstrike in Syria, NATO’s spokesperson told Sputnik Friday. The Russian Defense Ministry said earlier in the day that the strike of attack and multirole aircraft might have killed isil leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on the ...

The alleged death of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a Russian Aerospace Forces strike could help facilitate the liberation of its stronghold of Raqqa in northern Syria, a senior Russian senator told Sputnik. The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday its attack and multirole aircraft may have killed Baghdadi on ...