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Iraq Joint Operation Center Confirms ISIL Leader Injured in Airstrike

© East News / Balkis PressLeader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (File)
Leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (File) - Sputnik International
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The Baghdad Information Center confirmed that the leader of ISIL jihadist group has been injured in an airstrike in Iraq.

Eader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq - Sputnik International
Al-Baghdadi Not Among ISIL Leaders Killed in Iraqi Army Airstrike
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The leader of the Islamic State (ISIL) jihadist group has been injured in an airstrike in Iraq, the Baghdad Information Center confirmed.

“Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was injured in the bombing that targeted his motorcade,” the center said in a statement on Sunday.

It added that two terrorist leading figures – Abu Omar Kubaisi and Abu Saad Karbouli – were also injured in the attack.

Local media reported earlier Baghdadi’s fate remained unknown after Iraqi Air Forces attacked an ISIL convoy in the western Iraqi province of Anbar.

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