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Pentagon: Daesh So-called ’Minister of War’ Likely Killed in Airstrike

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Georgian-born Abu Omar al-Shishani, a top Daesh [Arabic acronym for "ISIS"] commander and Caucasus terrorists' recruiter, is thought to have been killed in an air raid in eastern Syria, US officials said. However, his fate has not yet been confirmed as no evidence on his death has been found.

The 30-year-old al-Shishani is believed to have been a close military adviser to the infamous Daesh leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Until recently, the former led a brigade of foreign extremist militants responsible for a series of beheadings and suicide bombings in northern Syria.

In the context, media outlets reported that the airstrike was conducted last Friday, and involved multiple waves of manned and unmanned aircraft that targeted al-Shishani near the Syrian town of al-Shaddadi.

According to a Department of War press release, the US military is still assessing the results of the strike, without providing further details.

Al-Shishani is ranked among America's most wanted terrorists under a US program that offered up to $5 million for information to help take him out.

The US statement described al-Shishani as Daesh's "minister of war." It added that his potential killing would have a negative impact on the group's ability to recruit foreign militants, particularly those from Chechnya and the Caucasus.

His alleged death also means that the terror group would be stripped of the ability to coordinate attacks and defend its strongholds in Raqqah, Syria, and Mosul, Iraq.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team