ISIS Confirms Abu Omar Al-Shishani's Death: Report

ISIS Confirms Abu Omar Al-Shishanis Death: Report
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A news agency that supports ISIS said the group\'s senior operative Abu Omar al-Shishani (the Chechen) had been killed in combat in the Iraqi city of Shirqat, south of Mosul.

A news agency that supports ISIS said the group's senior operative Abu Omar al-Shishani (the Chechen) had been killed in combat in the Iraqi city of Shirqat, south of Mosul.

The Pentagon said in March that Shishani, which it described as the group's "minister of war", had likely been killed in a US airstrike in Syria.

Reuters could not independently verify the statement from Amaq, which ISIS regularly uses to issue news.

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