Russia Claims Killing the US-trained ISIS 'Minister of War' in Syria

Russia claimed Friday to have killed several top commanders of the Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) group in an airstrike in Syria, including the US-trained "minister of war" who has a $3 million bounty on his head.


"As a result of a precision airstrike of the Russian air forces in the vicinity of Deir ez-Zor city, a command post, communication centre and some 40 ISIS fighters have been killed," the Russian defense ministry said in a statement posted on Facebook.

"According to confirmed data, among the killed fighters are four influential field commanders including Deir ez-Zor emir Abu Mohammed al-Shimali," the ministry said, AFP reported.

Gulmurod Khalimov, who is known as the Daesh group's minister of war and the highest-ranking defector from ex-Soviet Tajikistan, suffered a "fatal injury," it added.
 (Tasnim)
 8/9/17