The Pentagon has confirmed the operation to eliminate one of the leaders of the "Islamic state"

Airstrike caused by the US in the region of Esch-Shaddad in Syria was aimed at the elimination of one of the leaders of the terrorist group "Islamic State" Abu Umar al-Shishani, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a message posted on the site office.

"Possible leader removal from the battlefield will negatively affect the ability of the IG to recruit foreign fighters, including from Chechnya and from the Caucasus region, as well as reduce the possibility of an IG coordinate attacks and attack their fortified areas in Al-Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq" , - he said.

According to him, currently the US, experts estimate results airstrike.

Earlier media reported that one of the leaders of the IG could be killed in US strikes in Syria.

Umar al-Shishani also known as the Chechen Umar. According to open sources, Abu Omar al-Shishani Tarhan his name, he was born in Georgia in 1986.

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