In Iraq, US Special Forces seized alive one of the leaders of the IG al-Shishani

US special forces in a special operation in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk grabbed one of the leaders of the terrorist group "Islamic State" Abu Omar al-Shishani. It is reported by "TASS" with reference to the Agency EIN.

"US special forces seized, in addition to Al-Shishani, two other warlords IG and killed seven militants in the landing operation conducted in the area of ​​Riyadh province of Kirkuk on Friday," - said in a statement.

According to him, three extremists were taken to the city of Sulaymaniyah in the north-east of the country.

Earlier this year, the media have repeatedly appeared information about the liquidation of Al-Shishani, but in the end it was not confirmed. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, in October 2015, after the appearance of such information, said that it had no confirmed data on the Elimination of terrorists.

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