Friday, June 16, 2017
Russia is verifying intelligence that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed near Raqqa, Syria, during a bombing raid by its forces in May, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Al-Baghdadi could have been among about 30 Islamic State commanders killed by the attack on a meeting of the group in the early hours of May 28, the ministry said in an emailed statement. Reports of al-Baghdadi’s death “are being verified by various channels,” it said, without elaborating. The ministry provided no explanation for the delay in reporting the strike, which it said also killed about 300 Islamic State fighters.
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Thursday, June 15, 2017
The death toll in an overnight attack by al-Shabab extremists on a popular restaurant in Somalia’s capital has risen to 31.
Police captain Mohamed Hussein said many of the victims were killed at point-blank range after the attackers hunted them down.
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Wednesday, June 14, 2017
5 people were killed whereas 4 others were wounded in a suicide bombing that targeted Taliban splinter-group in Gereshk. The suicide car bomber targeted members of Taliban splinter group run by Mullah Rasoul in Gereshk district, Helmand, Afghanistan.
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017
The Syrian Army has officially entered the big battle for al-Raqqa province as the self-proclaimed Islamic State recedes in its de-facto capital.
After completely expelling the terror group from the eastern countryside of Aleppo, the Syrian Army’s elite Tiger Forces is spearheading a massive assault in western countryside of al-Raqqa.
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Monday, June 12, 2017
Seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in just three days in renewed fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country, the military said Monday.
Four soldiers were killed on Saturday, two Sunday and one on Monday, bringing the death toll to 14 since the beginning of June.
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