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June 16, 2017

Russian Military Says It May Have Killed ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
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The Russian military says it may have killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi during an airstrike last month in Raqqa. A statement by
Russia's Defense Ministry says the airstrike may have killed al-Baghdadi
and other ISIS fighters. Neither ISIS nor the Syrian government has
commented on his possible death. There have been a number of previous
false reports of al-Baghdadi's death in the last few years.


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