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Islamic State operative, wounded in US air strike in Syria, dies: CNN

Arab World Materials 15 March 2016 06:29 (UTC +04:00)
Senior Islamic State operative Omar al-Shishani, who was wounded in a US air strike last week in Syria, has died.
Islamic State operative, wounded in US air strike in Syria, dies: CNN

Senior Islamic State operative Omar al-Shishani, who was wounded in a US air strike last week in Syria, has died, CNN reported on Monday, citing two unnamed US officials.

Shishani, also known as Omar the Chechen and described by the Pentagon as the group's "minister of war," was targeted near the town of al-Shadadi in Syria, US officials told Reuters last week.

Shishani had been badly wounded but not killed and had been moved to Islamic State's base of operations in Raqqa for treatment, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said last week.

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