Al Jazeera News :
Omar al-Shishani, a top ISIL commander who was a magnet for fighters from the former Soviet Union, has died of wounds suffered in a United States air strike in Syria, a senior Iraqi official and a Syrian activist group said.
Shishani, who was wounded this month, died on Monday outside the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s main stronghold of Raqqa, in Syria, the two told the AP news agency. A US military spokesman confirmed the reports.
Omar al-Shishani, a top ISIL commander who was a magnet for fighters from the former Soviet Union, has died of wounds suffered in a United States air strike in Syria, a senior Iraqi official and a Syrian activist group said.
Shishani, who was wounded this month, died on Monday outside the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s main stronghold of Raqqa, in Syria, the two told the AP news agency. A US military spokesman confirmed the reports.
