Defense Ministry checks the data about destruction of the leader of ISIS* when hitting ATT
MOSCOW, June 16 — RIA Novosti. Defense Ministry checks through various channels with information about the killing of the leader of the “Islamic state” in Ibrahim Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi as a result of the impact of the Russian aviation, the Ministry reported.
Victims of this strike, the Russian aircraft became a high-ranking militants, were part of the “military Council” IG* and about 330 terrorists.
The Ministry of defence killed the leader of ISIS
According to the defense Ministry, among liquidated terrorists — “Emir” of Raqqa, Abu al-Haji al-Misri, Ibrahim al-Naef al-Hajj, who controlled the area from Raqqa to es-Sohne, and “head of security” IG* Suleiman al-Sawah.
Information about the meeting of leaders of fighters of the Ministry of defense received at the end of may. During data validation it was found out that the purpose of the meeting was the planning of the routes of an exit of fighters from Raqqa through the so-called “southern corridor”.
The aircraft struck the night of 28 may, from 00:35 to 00:45 GMT, after data about the time and place of the meeting confirmed the drones. While the defence Ministry warned in advance about the impact the American side.
Al-Baghdadi real name is Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri, for the first time appeared in public in July 2014, when a mosque in the captured IG* city of Mosul announced the creation of “Islamic Caliphate” in the middle East. Since then the media has repeatedly published the information on its liquidation, but it has not been confirmed.
American and Iraqi intelligence suggested that the leader of ISIS* may be hiding in the village of El-Baad near the Syrian border. Daily Mail 11 June, citing Syrian TV reported that al-Baghdadi allegedly killed in the airstrike in raqqa. Related to an Islamist website Amaq has not yet released any confirmation of these reports.
*A terrorist group banned in Russia.