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Iraqi Military Discover Body of Daesh Commander Shishani

© AP Photo / militant social media accountOmar 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 SyriaDaesh leader Abu Omar al-Shishani. (File)
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 SyriaDaesh leader Abu Omar al-Shishani. (File) - Sputnik International
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The Iraqi military found the dead body of a senior Daesh commander Abu Omar Shishani during the clearing of Albu Obaid area east of Ramadi, according to local media.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Iraqi military said they found a body of a senior Islamic State (ISIL or Daesh) commander Abu Omar Shishani, east of Iraq's city of Ramadi, local media reported Monday.

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Last week, Pentagon confirmed that Shishani, known as Omar "the Chechen," died from his injuries following a March 4 US-led coalition airstrike in Syria near the town of Shaddadi. He has been serving as an Daesh commander in Syria.

"Army forces found 10 bodies of IS terrorists during the clearing of Albu Obaid area east of Ramadi. One of them belongs to the IS commander Abu Omar al-Shishani," Alsumaria TV channel reported, citing Iraqi commander in Anbar Ismail Mahlaui as saying.

The Daesh is terrorist group that has captured large areas of land in Iraq and Syria, where it had proclaimed a caliphate. The terror group is outlawed in Russia, the United States and in several other countries.

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