15 June 2016

News Story: Syria TV reports Islamic State leader allegedly killed

DAMASCUS, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Syria's local TV stations cited news outlets close to the Islamic State (IS) group as declaring the death of the terror group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The pro-government Sama TV and al-Ekhbariya cited what they called news outlets affiliated with the IS as saying that al-Baghdadi was killed, without elaboration.

Meanwhile, other reports said the terror group's leader was killed by a U.S. airstrike in Syria.

On June 10, the Iraqi Al Sumariya TV cited local sources in Iraq's Nineveh province that al-Baghdadi along with other commanders of the IS was wounded overnight, when air raids targeted their hiding places near the Syrian borders.

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