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Senior ISIS leader Shishani ‘possibly killed’ in strike

This image made from undated video posted during the weekend of June 28, 2014 on a social media account frequently used for communications by the Islamic State, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Omar al-Shishani standing next to the group's spokesman among a group of fighters as they declare the elimination of the border between Iraq and Syria. In the Pankisi, the mountainous region of northeastern Georgia where he was born in 1986, the ginger-bearded commander is a hero and a role model. Following the path he blazed, as many as 200 of his young countrymen have left their villages. (Militant social media account via AP)
This image made from video released in 2014 shows Omar al-Shishani standing next to the group's spokesman among a group of fighters as they declare the elimination of the border between Iraq and Syria. (Photo courtesy of Twitter)

Senior ISIS leader Shishani ‘possibly killed’ in strike

The United States had offered up to $5 million reward for information about the well-known Syrian-based Georgian national

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A senior ISIS leader, Abu Omar al-Shishani, a Syrian-based Georgian national, may have been killed in a March 4 air strike by the US-led coalition near the Syrian town of al-Shadadi, US officials told Reuters.

The United States had offered up to $5 million reward for information about Shishani, also known as Omar the Chechen, who officials said served as the group's de facto minister of war.

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