The alleged death of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a Russian Aerospace Forces strike could help facilitate the liberation of its stronghold of Raqqa in northern Syria, a senior Russian senator told Sputnik. The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday its attack and multirole aircraft may have killed Baghdadi on ...
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 ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in late May, Russian news agencies reported. The air strike, targeted a meeting of ISIL leaders and was carried out on ...
