ISIS confirms death of top commander Omar al-Shishani
The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) has confirmed that Omar al-Shishani (the Chechen), one of its top military commanders, has been killed.
The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) has confirmed that Omar al-Shishani (the Chechen), one of its top military commanders, has been killed.
The terrorist organization claims he was killed fighting south of Mosul in Iraq not in Syria, unlike what reports said.
On Wednesday, ISIS media outlet, Amaq, reported that Shishani was “martyred” fighting in the Iraqi city of Shirqat, just south of Mosul.
This contradicts reports by the high-level US officials and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor group who both said he had been mortally wounded by an American airstrike in Syria and died a few days later.
