ISIS leader Baghdadi may be dead after a Russian air strike Dmitry Solovyov, Reuters3h 1,941FACEBOOKLINKEDINTWITTEREMAILPRINTA man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi making what would have been his first public appearance, at a mosque in the centre of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014. Social Media Website via Reuters TVMOSCOW (Reuters) – 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 Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in late May.The air strike was launched after the Russian forces in Syria received intelligence that a meeting of Islamic State leaders was being planned, the ministry said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.
Source: ISIS leader Baghdadi may be dead after a Russian air strike – Business Insider